Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler
Fanny Elssler
Born
Franziska Elßler

(1810-06-23)23 June 1810
Died27 November 1884(1884-11-27) (aged 74)
OccupationDancer
Children1
RelativesTherese Elssler (sister)
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[1]

Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler; 23 June 1810 – 27 November 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period.

  1. ^ Moore, Lillian. (1965). Images of the dance : historical treasures of the Dance Collection 1581-1861. New York Public Library. OCLC 466091730.