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Fanny Elssler

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Fanny Elssler

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Also known as Franziska Elssler

Austrian ballerina (1810-1884)

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Fanny Elssler, born Franziska in Vienna in 1810, was an Austrian dancer, choreographer, and ballet dancer. She worked in the fields of dance, theatre, and ballet. Her recorded works include *La tarantule*, *Die Tarantel*, and *Pas styrien*, as danced by Madlle. Fanny Elssler & Mons. Sylvain. She also authored *The letters and journal of Fanny Ellsler*.

Elssler was a citizen of the Austrian Empire and Cisleithania. She spoke French and German and practiced Catholicism. Her unmarried partner was Leopold, Prince of Salerno. She had one child and a sibling named Therese Elssler. She died in Vienna in 1884 and was buried in Hietzing Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1810
Died
1884
Works
2

Top works

  • La tarantule
  • Die Tarantel
  • Pas styrien, as danced by Madlle. Fanny Elssler & Mons. Sylvain
  • The letters and journal of Fanny Ellsler [!]

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1986

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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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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fanny Elssler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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