Rigolboche

For the film, see Rigolboche (film).
Rigolboche

Amelia Marguerite Badel (stage name, Rigolboche; nicknamed "the Huguenot"; Nancy, 13 June 1842 - Bobigny, 1 February 1920) was a French dancer. Credited for inventing the can-can,[1][2] her acme occurred from 1858 to 1861.[3] Her stage name, Rigolboche, is a slang term formed from the word "funny" and the suffix boche designating a "joker" or a very funny person.

References

  1. ^ Menken, Adah Isaacs (29 April 2002). Infelicia and Other Writings. Broadview Press. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-1-55111-284-8.
  2. ^ Huysmans, J. K. (10 February 2011). Parisian Sketches. SCB Distributors. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-907650-19-2.
  3. ^ Gordon, Rae Beth (2009). Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular Modernity in France. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-0-7546-5243-4.
  • Ernest Blum, Mémoires de Rigolboche, Paris, 1860, 188 p., portrait photographique. (in French)
  • Théodore de Banville, Les Camées parisiens, Petite bibliothèque des curieux, éd. René Pincebourde, Paris, 1866. (in French)


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