The good, the bad, and the aesthetic: ballerinas and celebrity during the regency. From: Studies in the Humanities | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: Alter, Megan Early | COPYRIGHT 2007 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of English. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

During its heyday from the 1820s well into the 1840s, the Romantic ballet featured some of the most famous ballerinas the dance world has ever produced. Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerrito, Carlotta Grisi, and Fanny Elssler were among the first dancers to be renowned internationally, and they remain heralded in the annals of ballet today for their early virtuosity and expressive capacities. However, during much of the nineteenth century, ballerinas in general were subject to derision bec...

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