What is Marie Taglioni?
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Marie Taglioni |image = Marie-taglioni-in-zephire.jpg |image_size = 220px |caption = Taglioni in ''Zephire'', 1831 |birth_name = |birth_date = 23 April 1804 |birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden |death_date = 24 April 1884 |death_place = Marseilles, France |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = [[Ballerina]] |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = Filippo Taglioni |relations = |callsign = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Marie Taglioni''' (1804{{ndash}}1884) was a [[ballerina]]. She was born in [[Stockholm]], Sweden on 23 April 1804. Her father was the [[choreography|choreographer]] [[Filippo Taglioni]]. He created the seminal [[romantic ballet]] ''[[La Sylphide]]'' to showcase her talents. She was the first ballerina to dance ''[[en pointe]]'' for the sake of artistry rather than spectacle. She created a scandal when she shortened her ballet skirts to display her footwork. She danced mostly in London at Her Majesty's Theatre and in Paris at the Opéra. In [[1827]], she began a three-year stint with the [[Mariinsky Theatre|Imperial Ballet]] in [[St Petersburg]]. She danced in ''[[Pas de Quatre]]'' with [[Carlotta Grisi]], Lucille Grahn, and Fanny Cerrito in July [[1845]]. She retired in [[1847]] and lived in [[Venice, Italy]]. She was the guiding spirit behind the reorganization of the [[Paris Opéra Ballet]]. In later life, she taught social dances to children and society ladies. She also took a limited number of ballet pupils. [[Johann Strauss II]] composed the