Louise Dimanche

Louise Dimanche (before 1715 - floruit 1739), was a French actress, opera singer, ballet dancer and theatre director. She was the director of the La Monnaie in Brussels from 1721 to 1722. She was the first woman in that position.

Dimanche was a dancer at La Monnaie in 1715, and active as a dancer and as a singer in Lille in 1715-1718. In 1729, she was a singer of the royal chapel in Dresden. She was active in Brussels again in 1737-39.

Sources

Jean-Philippe Van Aelbrouck: Dictionnaire des danseurs: chorégraphes et maîtres de danse à Bruxelles de ...