Hermine Blangy

Hermine Blangy (– or before 1890) was a French Romantic ballet dancer in the Paris Opéra. She was also prima ballerina for the Hofoper in Vienna. Blangy was noted for her "intellectual" dancing, and in a tour of the USA, introduced American audiences to the Romantic roles of Giselle and La Sylphide.

Life Hermine Blangy was born between 1818 and 1820, probably in Paris. Between 1832 and 1841 she was contracted to the Paris Opéra, and in 1840 she danced the title role of La Sylphide there. Noah Miller Ludlow reports that "this artist gave unqualified satisfaction in all of her performances, and was unquestionably a fine pantomimist as well as dancer." Blangy returned to the US in 1849 to dance at The Broadway Theatre, and her last known performance was in 1851 in Charleston, South Carolina. Blangy was noted for her "intellectual" dancing.

She died around 1865, or at least before 1890.