Emilie Walbom
Johanne Emilie Margrethe Walbom (1858–1932) was a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. During her exceptionally long term of 61 years with the Royal Danish Ballet, she progressed for ballet dancer to the company's first female choreographer in 1878. In 1915, she became its first "ballet mistress", albeit under the ballet master Gustav Uhlendorff.[1][2]
Biography
Born on 27 October 1858 in Copenhagen, Emilie Walbon was the daughter of the cloakroom manager at the Royal Theatre Frederik Ludvig Egense (1829-1901) and Anna Thora Maria Stendrup (1829-1907). Her aunt, Emilie Liebe, was an opera singer at the theatre when Walbon entered the ballet school at the age of five.[1]
Walbom made her début as the cadet Poul in Bournonville's Fjernt fra Danmark in 1873. While she lacked the looks and the movement of a first-class ballet dancer, she was a fine actress and soon took on mime roles with success.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Vedel, Karen. "Emilie Walbom (1858 - 1932)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Carter, A.; Fensham, R. (2011). Dancing Naturally: Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Dance. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-0-230-35448-7.
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