Complex sentence: Excellent in technique, she was the first dancer to develop the art of rising on pointes, from 1813, but she died at only 27--a critic of the era later saw Marie Taglioni as a reincarnation of Mlle Gosselin.
Split into simpler sentences: Excellent in technique, she was the first dancer to develop the art of rising on pointes, starting in 1813. A critic of the era saw Marie Taglioni as a reincarnation of Mlle Gosselin.