[citation needed] Julien Louis Geoffroy initially championed Gosselin, among other young performers, but considered public enthusiasm overblown.

Didelot had created a "flying machine", instituting the use of cables and wires to give the appearance of weightlessness.

[citation needed] Maurice Brillant [fr] and John Chapman noted the significance of Gosselin as Marie Taglioni's predecessor.

[5] Geneviève Gosselin died at the age of 27[citation needed] in 1818, three years after her appearance en pointe.

Her astonishing flexibility of limb and her muscular power, which allowed her to remain suspended for a minute or two on the extreme tips of her feet.