Adeline Genée

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Adeline Genée

Adeline Genée (born January 6, 1878 in Aarhus , Denmark , † April 23, 1970 in London , England ; née Anna (Anita) Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen ) was a Danish ballet dancer. Her best roles belonged Coppélia by Léo Delibes .

At the age of three, Anita Jensen received dance lessons from her uncle Alexandre Genée. At the age of eight she was adopted by her uncle and his wife Antonia Zimmermann. They changed their last name to Genée and their first name to Adeline in honor of the Italian opera star Adelina Patti .

In 1895 she became the first dancer at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen. In 1896 she had engagements in Berlin and Munich. In 1897 she received an invitation to England. The stay, which was originally supposed to last six weeks, finally grew to 10 years. Genée celebrated successes in England, the USA and Australia.

After her active career, she became a ballet teacher and (1920) co-founder and first president of the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain (later renamed the Royal Academy of Dancing, today: Royal Academy of Dance ). She died in the London suburb of Esher at the age of 92 .

The international ballet competition for young dancers, which has been organized by the Royal Academy of Dance since 1931, is named after her: Geneé International Ballet Competition .

literature

  • Edward H. Pask: Enter the colonies dancing. A history of dance in Australia 1835-1940 . Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1979, pp. 103-111
  • Martha Bremser (Ed.): International Dictionary of Ballet . Volume 1. St James Press, Detroit 1993, pp. 555-558

Web links

Commons : Adeline Genée  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Academy of Dance . Rad.org.uk. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.geneeballetcompetition.com/
personal data
SURNAME Genée, Adeline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jensen, Anita Kirstina Margarete Petra (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish ballet dancer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarhus , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1970
Place of death London , England