Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo

Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo

Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo (15 April 1710 in Brussels – 28 April 1770 in Paris), sometimes known simply as La Camargo, was a French dancer. The first woman to execute the entrechat quatre, Camargo was also allegedly responsible for two innovations in ballet as she was one of the first dancers to wear slippers instead of heeled shoes, and, while there is no evidence that she was the first woman to wear the short calf-length ballet skirt, the now standardized ballet tights she did help to popularize these. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo has received more than 49,316 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo is the 34th most popular dancer (down from 29th in 2019).