In 1827 at the age of nine Marius performed for the first time in a ballet production as a savoyard in his father's staging of Pierre Gardel's 1800 ballet La Dansomani.
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A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
A resident of Savoy
Savoyard means of or pertaining to Savoy. It may also refer to: