Filippo Taglioni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Filippo Taglioni

ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1777

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1871

Profession: teacher, ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an Italian dancer and choreographer and personal teacher to his own daughter, the famous Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni.
(He had another child who also danced ballet, Paul Taglioni.) Also, although August Bournonville's version is better known, it was Taglioni who was the original choreographer of La Sylphide, in 1832.