Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Adeline
Genée |
Anina
Jensen |
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Adeline was of Danish decent, and later came to London in 1897.
She was said to be to dance what Jenny Lind was to song. Traveled
to the U.S. in 1908 and later brought her company to the U.S.
in 1912. She was described as witchery, a fairy to the dance,
a perennial wonder child, a beloved favorite.
- Genée
devoted her career to setting the dance once again in its ancient
place of honor beside music and poetry. She gave the effect of
being supreme in all dance forms. She could accomplish as a mere
gesture feats that others reserved for a climax such as the astoundingly
difficult "enchant buit". Her costume was mainly of
the 1830's style, reminiscent of Taglioni.
Genee
- Genée
started studying dance at the age of three with her Uncle who
was
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