Baron, Emilie (c. 1834–1852)
Baron, Emilie (c. 1834–1852)
French ballet dancer. Name variations: Marie Pescaline Dreville. Born Marie Pescaline Dreville, c. 1834, possibly in Paris; died Nov 19, 1852, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Debuted at Thomas Placide's Théâtre des Variétés, Paris (1849); performed for Placide for 3 consecutive years including in his La Fête de Terpsichore, La Statue vivante, Le Carnaval de Venise and Giselle; helped differentiate between ballet dancer and specialty dancer when she sued Placide for demanding she dance polka comedy "as an artiste in ballets and fairy scenes" (1851); died in fire caused by gas lighting during performance in St. Louis.
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