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Amalia Brugnoli

Italian dancer (1802–1892)

Born 1802 · MilanDied 1892Kingdom of Italy
Amalia Brugnoli
Image: Josef Kriehuber · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Amalia Brugnoli was an Italian choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1802 in Milan, who died in 1892.

Biography

Amalia Brugnoli (1803–1892) was an Italian ballerina. Brugnoli is said to have been the first dancer to have used the pointe technique when in 1823, she performed on full pointe in Armand Vestris' La Fée et le Chevalier in Vienna.

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Contemporaries

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