Marie-Thérèse de Subligny


Marie-Thérèse Perdou de Subligny was a French ballerina. She entered the l'Académie Royale de Musique in 1688, where she succeeded Mademoiselle de Lafontaine as prima ballerina, a position she held until 1707. She appeared mostly in opera ballets of Jean-Baptiste Lully and André Campra. She was the first professional ballerina to appear in England. She was seen as one of the Queens of ballet.