In 19th-century France, the Paris Opera was a prestigious social venue and a place of work for the city’s residents. Among the various artists who performed at the Opera, were ballet dancers and students. Their daily lives were depicted in 19th-century artworks and literature, revealing the difficulty in their life.
However, historical records, particularly those related to ballet school students, are limited, primarily because they were mostly teenagers, making detailed information hard to come by.
In this paper, an analysis is attempted using three historical documents stored in the Archives Nationales de France, AJ/13/479. These documents include records of "Young Female Beginners in the Class in April 1860 (Jeunes éléves de la Classe élémentaire au mois d’Avril 1860)," "Young Ladies of the Third Quadrille with Bonuses (Jeunes Demoiselles des Feux (3e quadrille))," and "Young Boys (Jeunes Garçons)." The analysis aims to uncover the trends in the residences of ballet school students in the 1860s. This paper aims to shed light on the characteristics of the living arrangements of ballet school students and dancers during this period.
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