Migel, Parmenia  1908-1989 <br/><br/>
The ballerinas :  from the court of Louis XIV to Pavlova /  
Parmenia Migel 
 - New York :  Macmillan Company,  ©1972. 
 - xv, 304 p. :  illus. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Bibliography: p. [283]-291. 
<br/><br/> PART I :  1. The Beginnings --  PART II The Eighteenth Century :  2. Marie Sallé 1707-1756 --  3. Marie-Anne Cupis de Camargo 1710-1770 --  4. Barbara Campanini (La Barbarina) 1721-1799 --  5. Thérèse Vestris 1726-1808 --  6. Marie Allard 1742-1802 --  7. Anna Heinel 1753-1808 --  8. Marie-Madeleine Crespé (Mlle Théodore) 1760-1796 --  9. Marie-Madeleine Guimard 1743-1816 --  PART III Empire and Restoration :  10. Emilie Bigottini 1784-1858 --  PART IV The Romantic Ballet :  11. Marie Taglioni 1804-1884 --  12. Fanny Elssler 1810-1884 --  13. Lucile Grahn 1819-1907 --  14. Augusta Maywood 1825-1876 --  15. Carlotta Grisi 1819-1899 --  16. Fanny Cerrito 1817-1909 --  PART V Post-Romantic Ballet :  17. Postscript to te Romantic Ballet --  PART VI Ballet in Russia: Terpischore Reborn :  18. St. Petersburg and Moscow: A Brief Survey --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index. 
<br/><br/> "The Ballerinas is a unique chronicle of the careers, talents, personalities, lives, loves, and times of the great dancers, from the court of Louis XIV to Pavlova. Tracing their paths through Europe, America, and Russia, Parmenia Migel portrays the beautiful, tempestuous, often brilliant women who made ballet history, including in this work thirty-two page of illustrations from her own private collection. -- Book Jacket 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>74158169 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ballerinas--Biography<br/>Ballet--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1785.A1  / M47 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.80922  / MIG