"La poupée": Act 3: "La celebre ballerina Ernestina Bossi

[Tomás Bossi]

Hello my name is Tomás Bossi and I live in Buenos Aires , Argentina. Im contacting you trough this channel with the intention to find a video of "Act 3: "La celebre ballerina Ernestina Bossi" from " La poupée" because im a distant relative of Ernestina Bossi. She is my great-grandfather´s cousin. My uncle and i were trying to complete our geonology tree and then we found out that Ernestina Bossi was one of the first dancers to be recorded in history. We couldnt keep going without watching that film first. I found the second act on youtube but not the third one. I would be really grateful if you can send me the film and some information about it.

Thank you for creating this amazing website. This is an important act to spread culture in the internet.

 Greetings from Argentina. Tomas Bossi

[Manuel Schmalstieg]

Hello Tomas,

I don't have access to any videos, so you would need to contact Institut Lumière. 

Here is their contact information: http://www.institut-lumiere.org/pratique/contacts.html

Also, searching through the site, I notice that this film ("Danseuse de ballet") was screened in Italy under the title "La Bossi a Parigi":

https://catalogue-lumiere.com/danseuse-de-ballet/

Would you be able to identify if the dancer is indeed Ernestina Bossi?

Best regards,

Manuel

[Gianluca Barezzi]

Dear Tomas,

Ernestina Bossi (Ernesta Pasqualina Bossi, Mortara 1868 - Milano 1934) was married with Giovanni Valliera, who was my mother's granny. She had two sons: Mario Valliera, my grandfather (Venezia, 1899 - Milano 1953) and Ercole Valliera (Venezia 1897 - Milano 1979). She's buried in Milano at Cimitero Monumentale, grave n. 1350. She's quoted at Teatro La Scala as étoile. I would be very happy to know you, as I have no news about your part of Bossi's family! Please write me: gianluca...@gmail.com. Thank you.

[Manuel Schmalstieg]

Dear Tomas, dear Gianluca,

I am very touched by your message – I never imagined that this project could help people connect with extended family members across generations and continents!

Best regards,
Manuel