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SPEAKER_00: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month, we're talking about movers and shakers, dancers, stunt women, martial artists, and other pioneering women who use their physical prowess to shake things up. Today's Womanican was in a league of her own. She was the dancer whose career created the cult of the ballerina, to the point that some of her fans once bought, seasoned, and ate a pair of her ballet slippers. Let's talk about Marie Taglioni. Marie Taglioni was born on April 23rd, 1804, in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father, Filippo Taglioni, was an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer. He had moved to Sweden to become a ballet master at the Royal Swedish Ballet, and it was there that he met Sophie Carsten, the principal of the same company. They married and had Marie and her brother, Paul, who were both thrust into a family and life of dance. Marie started dance lessons when she was young, but when she was six years old, she was dismissed from her dance education. Will that little hunchback ever learn to dance, her teacher mocked? So Filippo decided to train his daughter himself. He was strict and demanding, teaching Marie for six hours every day. Marie had her debut in Vienna when she was 18 years old in a ballet choreographed by her father. She came up as a dancer during a time in Europe when the rational principles of the Enlightenment were giving way to the softer, guiding lights of the Romantic movement. A focus on science, industrialization, and reason ruled before. Now, there was a strong desire for individualism, spontaneity, and expressing emotions through art. In music, literature, and dance, there was a turn toward nature for inspiration. For example, ballet dancers' costumes used to be more rigid. In the image of nobility, dancers dressed in stiff court attire with hoops to hold up skirts. Little by little, these rigid forms gave way to lighter, flowing garments that allowed more freedom of movement and expression. This societal shift became visible in Marie's work, in her clothes, and in the way she moved. In 1832, Marie starred in the ballet La Ciel Fide. It was choreographed by her father, and it was the first ballet to be danced fully on point. Before then, ballet dancers only occasionally went on their tiptoes. The frequent use of this technique during the performance created a floating, whimsical effect, perfect for Marie's fairy-like role. Marie played the heroine of this tragic story. She wore a floral wreath on her head, small butterfly wings poked out of her white bodice, and a long white tutu flowed down her legs to just below her knees. The delicate style of dance, the good versus evil themes of the play, and Marie's technique ushered in the golden age of romantic ballet. Marie became not only the symbol of the fashionable, ethereal look of the time, but of what would become a long-lasting balletic ideal, elegant, white, and pure. More than a decade later, in 1845,
SPEAKER_00: the French choreographer, Jules Perrault, brought together the four most famous ballerinas at the time for a special performance for Queen Victoria. Marie Talioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Chorido, and Lucille Grand performed Pas de Câtre, meaning step of four. The show was an overnight success, winning over the queen and the public. A lithograph of the four dancers immortalized the dance, and it has been reinterpreted countless times since. Marie retired in 1847, but continued to work and started teaching at the Paris Opera Ballet in 1858. Two years later, she debuted her first and most famous and only choreographed work. The ballet was a success until one day, during the performance, one of the dancers' costumes caught fire. The dancer later died of her burns. Following the onstage tragedy, Marie spent her last years teaching in private. She died on the day before her 80th birthday in 1884. Marie Talioni was undoubtedly the most famous ballerina of her time, and the first to dance an entire show on point. Her career still influences modern ballet technique and aesthetics. All month, we're talking about movers and shakers. For more information, check us out on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. As always, we'll be taking a break for the weekend. Talk to you on Monday!
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