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The Austrian ballerina Fanny Elssler, an icon of the Paris ballet, was best known for her performance of La Cachucha in the 1836 ballet <I>Le Diable Boîteux </I>(The Lame Devil). \"La Cachucha,\" a Spanish folk dance, became popular during a period of Romantic fascination with Spain and the seductive and sensuous appeal of Spanish women. In contrast to the later dancers of Edgar Degas, Elssler is shown as a celebrity renowned for her dances in a folk idiom, illustrating the Romantic influence on early nineteenth-century French ballet. </P></SPAN>","remarks":"K4-6 Gallery Rotation January 2016"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"David and Constance Yates; 2012 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1831,"sortnumber":"2012   48","published_date":"2026-02-11 12:49:45.814654","objectid":65163,"dimensions":"28.6 x 12.7 x 12.4 cm (11 1/4 x 5 x 4 7/8 in.)","on_view":false}