Adeline Genée
Photograph
1896 (photographed)
1896 (photographed)
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Costume photograph of Adeline Genée in Emil Graeb's ballet Die Rose von Schiras, 1896.
It was in Die Rose von Schiras, which Adeline Genée danced at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, in 1896, that she attracted wide attention. Indeed one critic suggested Genée's performance could reawaken the public's interest in ballet. She took over the leading role from Antonietta dell'Era but had, unusually, been permitted to be involved in its creation. A variation/solo from this ballet which showed off her lightness and speed became Genée's 'party piece' and was inserted into many ballets throughout her dancing career. It wa,s included when she made her debut in London at the Empire Theatre in the Treasure Island scene in Monte Cristo. She also featured it on her American tours and worked it into A Dream of Roses and Butterflies in 1911.
It was in Die Rose von Schiras, which Adeline Genée danced at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, in 1896, that she attracted wide attention. Indeed one critic suggested Genée's performance could reawaken the public's interest in ballet. She took over the leading role from Antonietta dell'Era but had, unusually, been permitted to be involved in its creation. A variation/solo from this ballet which showed off her lightness and speed became Genée's 'party piece' and was inserted into many ballets throughout her dancing career. It wa,s included when she made her debut in London at the Empire Theatre in the Treasure Island scene in Monte Cristo. She also featured it on her American tours and worked it into A Dream of Roses and Butterflies in 1911.
Object details
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| Title | Adeline Genée (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph on card mount |
| Brief description | Costume photograph of Adeline Genée in Emil Graeb's Die Rose von Schiras, 1896 |
| Physical description | Photograph of Adeline Genée. She wears a full-skirted knee-length tutu which she holds out with her hands. The bodice is cut straight across the top and has asymetrical sleeves, the left a puffed gauze, the right straight, with the right shoulder decorated with flowers from which further trails of flowers fall. She has a plumed headdress and wears a necklace and a bracelet. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Summary | Costume photograph of Adeline Genée in Emil Graeb's ballet Die Rose von Schiras, 1896. It was in Die Rose von Schiras, which Adeline Genée danced at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, in 1896, that she attracted wide attention. Indeed one critic suggested Genée's performance could reawaken the public's interest in ballet. She took over the leading role from Antonietta dell'Era but had, unusually, been permitted to be involved in its creation. A variation/solo from this ballet which showed off her lightness and speed became Genée's 'party piece' and was inserted into many ballets throughout her dancing career. It wa,s included when she made her debut in London at the Empire Theatre in the Treasure Island scene in Monte Cristo. She also featured it on her American tours and worked it into A Dream of Roses and Butterflies in 1911. |
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| Accession number | S.588-2021 |
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| Record created | August 19, 2021 |
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