Josephine Sainte-Claire Explained

Josephine Gabrielle Marcelle Meunier Sainte-Claire (20 April 1793 – after 1823) was a French ballerina.

She was born in Paris to Joseph Marcel Meunier Sainte-Claire and Julienne Buisson.

She was premier dancer at the Imperial Ballet in Saint Peterburg in Russia in ?–1813, and a premier dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm in 1813–1823. She was also a guest artist at the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen in 1820–1823.

Marianne Ehrenström wrote about her: "M:lle Sainte-Claire was for a period of ten years the delight of the Stockholm audience. She was particularly talented within her pantomime ability, by her pleasing figure and the gracious modesty of her dance."[1]

She was first married to Alexandre Vedel, actor at the French Theater in Saint Petersburg; divorced in 1813 and remarried in 1821 to her colleague in the Swedish ballet, André Isidore Carey. She left for Warsaw in 1823[2] and for Vienna in 1824.

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Notes and References

  1. Joséphine G M M Carey (f. Sainte-Claire), urn:sbl:16369, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av N. Personne.), hämtad 2016-12-26.
  2. Janina Pudełek: Warszawski balet romantyczny 1802-1866, Kraków 1968.