Marie Allard

Her mother died two years later and Marie became a première danseuse (first dancer) of the Lyon opera.

[1] In June 1761 Allard made her debut at the Paris Opera in Jean-Philippe Rameau's Zaïs.

In her first decade at the Paris Opera she danced 35 roles and received commendation for her pas de deux with Jean Dauberval in Sylvie.

[1][2] Allard and Vestris also taught dance to their son, who would become the leading male dancer of his generation.

At one point, Allard's contract was suspended temporarily "on the ground that her deplorable habit of producing two children every eighteen months caused her to be constantly in a condition which was destructive of all stage effect."