Marie-Madeleine Guimard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French ballerina
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Marie-Madeleine Guimard
- Marie-Madeleine Guimard (27 December 1743, Paris — 4 May 1816) was a French ballerina who dominated the Parisian stage during the reign of Louis XVI.
- For twenty-five years she was the star of the Paris Opera.
- She made herself even more famous by her love affairs, especially by her long liaison with the Prince of Soubise.
- According to Edmond de Goncourt, when d'Alembert was asked why dancers like La Guimard made such prodigious fortunes, when singers did not, he responded, "It is a necessary consequence of the laws of motion".
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