Pierina Legnani

E228935

Italian ballerina ballerina human

Pierina Legnani was a celebrated Italian ballerina of the late 19th century, renowned as one of the first prima ballerinas assoluta and famed for her technical virtuosity, including her legendary 32 fouettés en tournant.

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Label	Occurrences
Pierina Legnani canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian ballerina ⓘ ballerina ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	early 1900s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1880s ⓘ
awarded	title of prima ballerina assoluta at the Imperial Ballet ⓘ
burialPlace	Milan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1863-09-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1930-11-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	La Scala Theatre Ballet School ⓘ
employer	Imperial Russian Ballet ⓘ surface form: Imperial Ballet La Scala Theatre Ballet School ⓘ surface form: La Scala Theatre Ballet
era	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian ⓘ
familyName	Legnani ⓘ
genre	classical ballet ⓘ
givenName	Pierina ⓘ
influenced	development of classical ballet technique ⓘ
knownFor	multiple pirouettes ⓘ precision of turns ⓘ strength and control ⓘ
languageSpoken	Italian ⓘ Russian ⓘ
movement	classical ballet ⓘ
name	Pierina Legnani self-link ⓘ
notableFor	32 fouettés en tournant ⓘ being one of the first prima ballerinas assoluta ⓘ technical virtuosity ⓘ
notableWork	Cinderella (fairy tale) ⓘ surface form: Cinderella Swan Lake ⓘ
occupation	ballerina ⓘ
performedAt	Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ surface form: Imperial Mariinsky Theatre La Scala ⓘ surface form: La Scala Theatre
performedWith	Enrico Cecchetti ⓘ Pavel Gerdt ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Lombardy ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Milan ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Milan ⓘ
residence	Milan ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
role	Swan Lake ⓘ surface form: Odette-Odile in Swan Lake title role in Cinderella ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
title	prima ballerina assoluta ⓘ
trainedBy	Caterina Beretta ⓘ
trainedIn	ballet ⓘ

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Imperial Russian Ballet → employed → Pierina Legnani ⓘ

Pierina Legnani → name → Pierina Legnani self-link ⓘ