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    Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 1810 – 27 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. She was born in Gumpendorf, a...
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  • Elssler or Elßler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), Austrian ballet dancer, sister of Therese Elssler...
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  • Martini and Gaetano Donizetti. In 1837, the great Austrian Ballerina Fanny Elssler made her debut at the Paris Opéra in Aumer's production of La Fille...
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  • Fanny Elssler (German: Fanny Elßler) is a 1937 German historical drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Rolf Moebius, and Willy...
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    Therese Elssler (German: Theresia Elßler; 5 April 1808, Vienna - 19 November 1878, Merano) was a dancer. The sisters Therese and Fanny Elssler were both...
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  • Fanny Elssler (German: Die Erlebnisse der berühmten Tänzerin Fanny Elßler) is a 1920 German historical film directed by Friedrich Zelnik and starring...
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  • (1861–1934), British pianist Fanny Murdaugh Downing (1831–1894), American author and poet Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), Austrian ballerina Fanny Elsta (1899–1978),...
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    included Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Lucille Grahn, Fanny Cerrito, Pauline Leroux and Fanny Elssler. The plots of many ballets were dominated by spirit...
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    movies for UFA until 1939, such as Seven Slaps, the biographical film Fanny Elssler (1937) together with Willy Birgel and Capriccio; as well as Woman at...
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    figurine exhibits a "dancing pose" it was given the nickname "Fanny" after Fanny Elssler, an Austrian ballerina of the 19th century. Das neolithische Fundmaterial...
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    Coralli. This was first performed in 1837 with the Austrian dancer Fanny Elssler in the lead role. Not only did the work inspire Offenbach to write his...
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  • de deux. Ivor Guest found a violin reduction of the pas de deux that Fanny Elssler had arranged for her performance in the ballet in 1837, tucked away...
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    romantic ballet. Ballerinas such as Geneviève Gosselin, Marie Taglioni and Fanny Elssler experimented with new techniques such as pointework that gave the ballerina...
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    Wie ein Blitz [de] Diana Valesco TV miniseries 1971 Gestrickte Spuren Fanny Elßler TV film 1972 Der Kommissar Eva Raßner "Traum eines Wahnsinnigen" 1973...
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    premiered on 1 June 1836 at the Paris Opera. The main roles were played by Fanny Elssler, Joseph Mazilier, Amélie Legallois, Pauline Leroux and Jean-Baptiste...
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  • 1880 1972 Russia No Ashley Ellis Ashley Ellis United States No Fanny Elssler Fanny Elssler 1810 1884 Austria No Megan Fairchild Megan Fairchild 1984 United...
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  • exceptional principal dancers such as Marie Taglioni, Anna Pavlova, and Fanny Elssler who used improvisation to embellish their leading roles in ballets....
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  • St. Petersburg, 2 January 1849. Revived especially for the ballerina Fanny Elssler. Cesare Pugni revised his original score for the production. Marius...
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    Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Marie Taglioni. (The fifth great Romantic ballerina of the time, Fanny Elssler, had been invited to take...
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  • actress Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), ballerina, Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (now the Paris Opera), toured widely Therese Elssler (1808–1878)...
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    Leinen aus Irland (1965, TV movie) as Ministerialrat Kress Die Tänzerin Fanny Elßler (1966, TV movie) as Fürst Esterházy (final film role) "Legenden. Diva...
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    which was to last well into the 20th century in France. Although both Fanny Elssler and her sister Thérèse danced travesti roles at the Paris Opera, Thérèse...
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    Demimonde-Heirat (1920) The Princess of the Nile (1920) Yoshiwara (1920) Fanny Elssler (1920) Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac (1920) The Apache Chief (1920)...
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    Famous ballet dancers of the Romantic era include Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, and Jules Perrot. Jules Perrot is also known for his choreography,...
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  • 1987, which included one of the first belly dance schools in Sydney. Fanny Elssler (23 June 1810 – 27 November 1884), Austrian dancer Makhmud Esambayev...
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  • (1868–1926), painter Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985), painter and illustrator Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), dancer Ursula Endlicher, multi-media Johann Bernhard Fischer...
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    Cachucha was created in Cuba though it is now considered a Spanish dance. Fanny Elssler (1810-1884, Vienna) popularized this dance when she introduced it to...
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    Taglioni in Zephire et Flore (c. 1831) Fanny Elssler in La Cachucha (1836) Carlotta Grisi in Giselle (1841) Fanny Cerrito in La Vivandière (1844) Lucile...
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    theatre presented performances by celebrated ballerinas, including Fanny Cerrito, Fanny Elssler, Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Lola Montez and Marie Taglioni...
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    Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. The first Giselle in Russia had been danced by Fanny Elssler, and so the initial reaction to Grisi's interpretation of the role was...
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