Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo, sometimes known simply as La Camargo, was a French dancer. The first woman to execute the entrechat quatre, Camargo was also allegedly responsible for two innovations i
1880 image of de Camargo
Painting of La Camargo dancing in a pastoral setting by Nicolas Lancret.
Françoise Prévost (dancer)
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Françoise Prévost was a French ballerina who helped establish dramatic dance in the early world of classical ballet. She was expressive, light and dramatic in style.
Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo
…earned a meagre living as violinist and dancing-master, and from childhood she was trained for the stage. At ten years of age, she was given lessons by Françoise Prévost (1680–1741), then the first dancer at the Paris Opéra, and at once obtained an engagement as premiere danseuse, first at Brussels and then at Rouen…
Mademoiselle Prévost as a Bacchante by Jean Raoux, c. 1723