Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Genée, Adeline
Parallel form(s) of name
Anina Margarete Kirstina Petra Jensen
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1878-1970
History
Danish by birth, Adeline Genée (1878-1970), was a talented ballerina whose greatest success was at The Empire Theatre in London, in productions such as Old China (1901), The Milliner Duchess (1903), High Jinks (1904), Cinderella and Coppelia (1906). Genée was also the founder president of the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain (later the RAD) and played a major part in the early development of the organization including the achievement of its Royal Chartership in 1935.