Mlle. Lafontaine was the first professional ballerina to appear in Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Le Triomphe de l’amour (The Triumph of Love) at the Paris Opera in 1681. She continued to dance at the Paris Opera for ten years in long skirt costumes. Previously female ballet roles were performed by young men.

Date:
      1681
Name(s):
      Jean-Baptiste Lully
Occupation:
      Composer
Location:
      Paris, France

Additional Information:

• De Lafontaine – Wikipedia
  Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, also known as La Fontaine, (1655–1738) was a French ballerina and is regarded as the first female professional ballet dancer. Together with Jean-Baptiste Lully and others, De Lafontaine participated in the development of opera ballet at the Paris Opéra under the auspices of Louis XIV.
• La Fontaine | French ballerina | Britannica.com
  La Fontaine, also called Mlle de Lafontaine, (born 1655—died 1738), French ballerina and the first woman professional ballet dancer. … Before La Fontaine’s debut in 1681 at the Paris Opéra as première danseuse in Jean-Baptiste Lully’s ballet Le Triomphe de l’amour, girls …
• De Lafontaine – Wikipedia
  Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, also known as La Fontaine, (1655–1738) was a French ballerina and is regarded as the first female professional ballet dancer. Together with Jean-Baptiste Lully and others, De Lafontaine participated in the development of opera ballet at the Paris Opéra under the auspices of Louis XIV.
• List of female dancers – Wikipedia
  The following is a list of female dancers by nationality — notable women who are well known ….. ballerina, considered to be the first professional female dancer, Paris Opera; Brigitte Lefèvre (born 1944), dancer, choreographer, director of the …
• Mlle de Lafontaine – Oxford Reference
  b c.1655; d Paris c.1738)Often regarded as the first professional female dancer. She was born in France and little is known about her early life until she made …