Marie Sallé

Marie Sallé (c. 1707; † July 27, 1756 ) was a French dancer, contemporary of and rival of Marie Camargo.

Marie grew up in the milieu of the Paris fairground theater. Her father was an insignificant fair dancer or acrobat. In 1718 she made her debut at the Foire Saint -Laurent in Paris in " La Princesse de Carisme ", a comic opera by Alain Lesage. Later she became a student of Françoise Prévost.

Subsequently, from 1725 to 1727, she went to London. Only after they had spectacular success there, she was engaged at the Paris Opera. Her debut in the opera she had on 14 September 1727 in a pas de deux with David Dumoulin.