Hermine Blangy
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Hermine Blangy (c. 1820–c. 1865 or before 1890) was a French Romantic ballet dancer in the Paris Opéra. She was also prima ballerina for the Hofoper in Vienna. Blangy was noted for her "intellectual" dancing, and in a tour of the USA, introduced American audiences to the Romantic roles of Giselle and La Sylphide.
Hermine Blangy was born between 1818 and 1820, probably in Paris.[1][2] Between 1832 and 1841 she was contracted to the Paris Opéra, and in 1840 she danced the title role of La Sylphide there.[3][2] She was also prima ballerina for the Hofoper in Vienna, and danced on tour in the USA, where she was considered to have introduced Romantic ballet to American audiences.[2] Blangy's first appearance in America was at Niblo's Garden in July 1846, as Calista in Vengeance of Diana.[4] Noah Miller Ludlow reports that "this artist gave unqualified satisfaction in all of her performances, and was unquestionably a fine pantomimist as well as dancer."[4]
In 1847 Blangy's Giselle at the St. Charles Theater in New Orleans was so popular that she danced it ten times in a fortnight, to "crowded houses and enthusiastic applause".[3][4] She also danced La Sylphide.[2] Her last US performance of that tour was in New Orleans in 1847, as Helena in the Meyerbeer opera Robert le Diable, which "caused a great sensation", after which she left for Europe.[5][2] Blangy returned to the US in 1849 to dance at The Broadway Theatre, and her last known performance was in 1851 in Charleston, South Carolina.[4][2] Blangy was noted for her "intellectual" dancing.[2]
She died around 1865,[1] or at least before 1890.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Blangy, Hermine (C. 1820–C. 1865)". Dictionary of women worldwide : 25,000 women through the ages. Anne Commire, Deborah Klezmer, Thomson Gale. Detroit, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7876-9394-7. OCLC 71817179.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cohen, Selma Jeanne (1998). International encyclopedia of dance: a project of Dance Perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 459–460. ISBN 9780195187632.
- 1 2 Lillian Moore (1965), Images of the dance: historical treasures of the dance collection 1581–1861, New York Public Library, Wikidata Q64698163
- 1 2 3 4 Ludlow, Noah Miller (1880). Dramatic life as I found it :a record of personal experience ; with an account of the rise and progress of the drama in the West and South, with anecdotes and biographical sketches of the principal actors and actresses who have at times appeared upon the stage in the Mississippi Valley /. St. Louis. hdl:2027/njp.32101066163559.
- ↑ St. Charles Theatre (1847). St. Charles Theatre! ... Benefit of Mademoiselle Blangy! And her Last Appearance! On which occasion she will, ... appear once more, as "Giselle!" In the Grand Ballet of that name, and also as the "Princess Marabout!" in the Ballet of La Chatte!: With all the beautiful dances which have nightly met with the most rapturous applause. Mons. Bouxary! M'lle Vallee! And the full corps de ballet will appear. Pamphlets containing the story of the Ballet of "Giselle" will be for sale ... After which, Planch'e beautiful Comedetta, entitled Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady! ... To conclude ... the new Ballet ... founded on the Fable of the "White Cat" by La Fontaine, entitled La Chatte Metamorphosie en Femme ... New Orleans, La.: Printed at the Delta Office. OCLC 754216887.