Taglioni

British  

/ taˈʎoni /

noun

1. Marie. 1804–84, Italian ballet dancer, whose romantic style greatly influenced ballet in the 19th century

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Example Sentences

Cornell's Europe, however, ended with World War I and perpetuated itself in hotel letterheads from French spas, fragments of Baedeker maps and reverent evocations of ballerinas, from Marie Taglioni to Loie Fuller.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the piece in which Taglioni is most famous.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

A queen of another sort, Taglioni, here consoled herself for the quiet of her retirement from the stage.

From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Howe, Julia Ward

Here is another story Taglioni told me on a subsequent occasion.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Taglioni at dinner, and when she discovered my nationality she unbent a little, so that towards the dessert we were on comparatively friendly terms.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.