Duvernay, Pauline (1813–1894)
Duvernay, Pauline (1813–1894)
French ballet dancer. Born 1813 in Paris, France; died Sept 2, 1894, in Mundford, England.
Performed with Paris Opéra's ballet company (1831–36), creating roles in Coralli's La Tentation (1832) and Filippo Taglioni's Brézilia (1833), and replaced famed Maria Taglioni in Nathalie, La Laitière Suisse and Robert le Diable; performed in London in revivals of The Maid of Cashmere and Aumer's The Sleeping Beauty (1833); a few years later, performed again in London at King's Theatre in Joseph Mazilier's revival of Le Diable Boiteux and André Deshayes' Le Brigand de Terracina (1836–37); retired (1837).
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