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Fanny Elssler was an Austrian ballet dancer who lived from 1810 to 1884, making her a prominent figure in 19th-century performing arts. Her career spanned the Romantic era, a major period in ballet history.
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Key facts
- Born
- Franziska Elßler , ( 1810-06-23 ) 23 June 1810, Gumpendorf , Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 27 November 1884 (1884-11-27) (aged 74), Vienna, Austria
- Occupation
- Dancer
- Relatives
- Therese Elssler (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Franziska
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Spouse
- Louis-Désiré Véron
- Occupation
- ballet dancer
- Employer
- Theater am Kärntnertor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- ballet
- Image
- Elssler Cachucha.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- London
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- Fanny Elssler
- date of birth
- 1810-06-23
- date of death
- 1884-11-27
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- Fanny Elssler
- name in native language
- Fanny Elßler
- place of burial
- Hietzing Cemetery
- unmarried partner
- Leopold, Prince of Salerno
- married name
- Franziska Veron
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- birth name
- Franziska Elßler
- date of burial or cremation
- 1884-11-29
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Encyclopedic overview
Fanny Elssler as Florinda in the dance La Cachucha from the 1836 Coralli/Gide ballet Le Diable boiteux. Paris, 1836. Fanny Elssler as Sarah Campbell in the ballet 'La Gypsy', performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1839 Fanny Elssler dancing in La Volière, a now-forgotten ballet by her sister Therese Elssler
Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 1810 – 27 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period.
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