# Louise Dimanche

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

==Life==
Dimanche was a dancer at La Monnaie in 1715, where she took part in ''Les Nouvelles Fêtes vénitiennes'' by [Antoine Danchet](/source/Antoine_Danchet) and [André Campra](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Campra). It was followed by a performance of ''Omphale'' by [Antoine Houdar de La Motte](/source/Antoine_Houdar_de_La_Motte) and [André-Cardinal Destouches](/source/Andr%C3%A9-Cardinal_Destouches). Afterwards, she danced and sang in Lille in 1715–1718, where she married her first husband [Antoine Vernet](/source/Antoine_Vernet), a singer also known as Forêt.

After a short stay in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in 1719, Dimanche was appointed director of [Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie](/source/La_Monnaie) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels). She was succeeded by [Thomas-Louis Bourgeois](/source/Thomas-Louis_Bourgeois), after which Dimanche returned to Lille where she remained and performed until 1725. She married her second husband, the singer [Nicolas Demouchy](/source/Nicolas_Demouchy), in Lille in the year 1722.

In 1729, Dimanche was a singer of the royal chapel in [Dresden](/source/Dresden). Afterwards, she returned to Lille where she founded a new artistic troupe. She married [Jean-Nicolas Prévost](/source/Jean-Nicolas_Pr%C3%A9vost), one of the troupe's members, in 1737. The marriage took place in Brussels.

Dimanche returned to The Hague in 1739, where she gave birth to a son named Jean-François. His godmother was the French actress [Jeanne Dulondel](/source/Jeanne_Dulondel). Nothing is known of Dimanche's life after these events.

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

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  |title=director of the [Théâtre de la Monnaie](/source/List_of_directors_of_the_Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Monnaie)
  |before=[Bruno-Emmanuel de Beaulieu](/source/Bruno-Emmanuel_de_Beaulieu)
  |after=[Thomas-Louis Bourgeois](/source/Thomas-Louis_Bourgeois)
  |years=1721-1722}}
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Category:Actresses from the Austrian Netherlands
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Category:18th-century French actresses

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