Studying in Paris with the dancer Jean-Antoine Favre, Chevigny achieved early recognition at the
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique before being called to the Académie Royale de Musique (now
Paris Opéra) for her debut on 23 February 1790. Going by the stage name Mlle Chevigny, she became one of the
principal dancers of the Royal Academy. Within two years, she was promoted to the rank, a position she shared for a long period with
Madame Gardel, and later with the dancer
Clotilde Mafleuroy. Mlle Chevigny's portrayal of Eurycleia, Ulysses' nurse, in ''Le Retour d'Ulysse
by Louis Milon, which premiered on 27 February 1807, was a great success. In 1810, Mlle Chevigny was cast in Persée et Andromède by Pierre Gardel as Cassiopeia. The role of Octavia in Antoine et Cléopâtre'' brought Mlle Chevigny great success. The ballet, featuring music by
Rodolphe Kreutzer, had its first performance on 8 March 1808. Throughout her twenty-five-year career at the Opera, she successfully created numerous roles in
pantomime ballets performed at the theater, including
Le jugement de Paris,
Oenone,
Figaro,
Suzanne,
Telemachus,
Eucharis,
Hero and Leandre,
Venus,
The Marriage of Gamache,
Quitterie,
Lucas and Laurette,
Nicole,
The Loves of Antoinette and Cleo,
Shepherd, and
Octavie, each earning her widespread acclaim. On 15 February 1815, she sent a letter to the
Minister for the Maison du Roi, applying for a retirement pension. She had settled into retirement in Paris, and was listed on the pension roll of the
Opéra de Paris. ==Death==