Dancer

Carlotta Grisi

Italian ballet dancer

1819 - 1899

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Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlotta Grisi is the 53rd most popular dancer, the 182nd most popular biography from Croatia and the most popular Croatian Dancer.

Carlotta Grisi is most famous for originating the title role in the ballet Giselle in 1841. A surprising fact is that this Italian dancer born in 1819 retired from the stage at just 32 after a meteoric career across Europe. Her legacy lives on through Giselle remaining a cornerstone of the classical ballet repertoire today.

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Among Dancers

Among dancers, Carlotta Grisi ranks 53 out of 116. Before her are Pierina Legnani, Gaétan Vestris, Jiří Kylián, Arthur Saint-Léon, Enrico Cecchetti, and William Forsythe. After her are John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, Kurt Jooss, Jean Coralli, Carla Fracci, and Lindsay Kemp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Carlotta Grisi ranks 59. Before her are Tirimüjgan Kadın, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, and Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After her are Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Butrus al-Bustani, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, and Edwin Drake. Among people deceased in 1899, Carlotta Grisi ranks 40. Before her are Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, George Averoff, Lucien Quélet, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Princess Marie of Baden, and Carl Millöcker. After her are Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Dwight L. Moody, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Paul Janet, Wilhelm Jordan, and Juliusz Kossak.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Carlotta Grisi ranks 182 out of NaN. Before her are Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1923), Ivica Olić (1979), Toni Kukoč (1968), Vlado Milunić (1941), Thomas the Archdeacon (1200), and Darijo Srna (1982). After her are Sergio Endrigo (1933), Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), Ivo Brešan (1936), Ivica Šurjak (1953), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), and Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704).

Among Dancers In Croatia

Among dancers born in Croatia, Carlotta Grisi ranks 1. 

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