An Italian dancer and choreographer born to Carlo Taglioni, he was the personal teacher to his own daughter, Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni, Countess Voisons. (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.
Taglioni received his dance training predominantly with Carlo Blasis and Jean-François Coulon. He made his dancing debut at age 17 in Pisa performing female roles. He danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer with the Paris Opera. He accepted an invitation to be a principal dancer and ballet master for the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, when it looked like he would never achieve such things at the Paris Opera.
In Stockholm, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famous Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and the Polish actress Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Together, they had two children, future dancers Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni.
For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany and then Paris. He danced and choreographed on his own throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
Once settled in Vienna, he sent for Marie, who had been studying ballet in Paris. Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged by her artistic progress and began training her himself. A strict teacher, he had her practice ballet six hours a day for six months, using a level method of technique training. He sought to make her style light and delicate, with an emphasis on jumps with balon and pointe work, something that was unheard of before this time. When she was ready he took her back to Paris.
After Marie's professional debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six-year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of La Sylphide on March 12, 1832, made her the most acclaimed prima ballerina of the Romantic period and him the most renowned choreographer of the day. This immense success allowed the two of them traveled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.
As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable, and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations.
Taglioni died in Como, Italy at the age of 93.
Taglioni received his dance training predominantly with Carlo Blasis and Jean-François Coulon. He made his dancing debut at age 17 in Pisa performing female roles. He danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer with the Paris Opera. He accepted an invitation to be a principal dancer and ballet master for the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, when it looked like he would never achieve such things at the Paris Opera.
In Stockholm, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famous Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and the Polish actress Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Together, they had two children, future dancers Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni.
For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany and then Paris. He danced and choreographed on his own throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
Once settled in Vienna, he sent for Marie, who had been studying ballet in Paris. Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged by her artistic progress and began training her himself. A strict teacher, he had her practice ballet six hours a day for six months, using a level method of technique training. He sought to make her style light and delicate, with an emphasis on jumps with balon and pointe work, something that was unheard of before this time. When she was ready he took her back to Paris.
After Marie's professional debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six-year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of La Sylphide on March 12, 1832, made her the most acclaimed prima ballerina of the Romantic period and him the most renowned choreographer of the day. This immense success allowed the two of them traveled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.
As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable, and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations.
Taglioni died in Como, Italy at the age of 93.
An Italian dancer and choreographer born to Carlo Taglioni, he was the personal teacher to his own daughter, Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni, Countess Voisons. (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.
Taglioni received his dance training predominantly with Carlo Blasis and Jean-François Coulon. He made his dancing debut at age 17 in Pisa performing female roles. He danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer with the Paris Opera. He accepted an invitation to be a principal dancer and ballet master for the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, when it looked like he would never achieve such things at the Paris Opera.
In Stockholm, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famous Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and the Polish actress Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Together, they had two children, future dancers Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni.
For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany and then Paris. He danced and choreographed on his own throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
Once settled in Vienna, he sent for Marie, who had been studying ballet in Paris. Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged by her artistic progress and began training her himself. A strict teacher, he had her practice ballet six hours a day for six months, using a level method of technique training. He sought to make her style light and delicate, with an emphasis on jumps with balon and pointe work, something that was unheard of before this time. When she was ready he took her back to Paris.
After Marie's professional debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six-year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of La Sylphide on March 12, 1832, made her the most acclaimed prima ballerina of the Romantic period and him the most renowned choreographer of the day. This immense success allowed the two of them traveled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.
As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable, and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations.
Taglioni died in Como, Italy at the age of 93.
Taglioni received his dance training predominantly with Carlo Blasis and Jean-François Coulon. He made his dancing debut at age 17 in Pisa performing female roles. He danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer with the Paris Opera. He accepted an invitation to be a principal dancer and ballet master for the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, when it looked like he would never achieve such things at the Paris Opera.
In Stockholm, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famous Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and the Polish actress Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Together, they had two children, future dancers Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni.
For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany and then Paris. He danced and choreographed on his own throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
Once settled in Vienna, he sent for Marie, who had been studying ballet in Paris. Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged by her artistic progress and began training her himself. A strict teacher, he had her practice ballet six hours a day for six months, using a level method of technique training. He sought to make her style light and delicate, with an emphasis on jumps with balon and pointe work, something that was unheard of before this time. When she was ready he took her back to Paris.
After Marie's professional debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six-year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of La Sylphide on March 12, 1832, made her the most acclaimed prima ballerina of the Romantic period and him the most renowned choreographer of the day. This immense success allowed the two of them traveled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.
As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable, and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations.
Taglioni died in Como, Italy at the age of 93.
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