Complex sentence: Mariquita, often referred to as Madame Mariquita, (1830--1922) was a Spanish dancer from Algiers who arrived in Paris in the 1840s and later became a choreographer and ballet mistress at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Folies Bergère and the Opéra Comique.
Split into simpler sentences: Mariquita, often referred to as Madame Mariquita, (1830--1922) was an Algerian-born dancer who became a successful dancer, choreographer and ballet mistress at various theatres in Paris from the 1840s. She arrived in Paris in the 1840s and later became a choreographer and ballet mistress at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Folies Bergère and the Opéra Comique.