マリー・タリオーニ
Born in Paris, Mérante was a pupil of Lucien Petipa, with whom he figured on the six-member select jury of the first annual competition for the Corps de ballet, held on 13 April 1860. The jury included the director of the new "Conservatoire de danse", as well as the former ballerina Marie Taglioni, its guiding spirit.