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Genée, Adeline, 1878-1970

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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 Royal Academy of Dance) and played a major part in the early development of the organization including the achievement of its Royal Charter in 1935.

From the guide to the Adeline Genée Archive Collection, c. 1890-1970, (Royal Academy of Dance)

Dame Adeline Genée (1878-1970) was a Danish and British ballet dancer. She became famous in the early twentieth century, performing with ballet companies in London and New York.

From the guide to the Adeline Genée Letter, 1940, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

sister-in-law of Wilhelm Cortzen, wife of Frank Isitt.

Epithet: ballet dancer, née Anina Margarete Kirstina Petra Jensen

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x0000ed

Epithet: dancer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000015

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creatorOf	Adeline Genée Archive Collection, c. 1890-1970	Royal Academy of Dance
creatorOf	Adeline Genée Letter, 1940	Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn	American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967	The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn	American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)	University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
referencedIn	Clarence McGehee collection on Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1908-1937	University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections
creatorOf	Correspondence of members of the Farjeon family, other than Eleanor and Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, outside the family. Not all correspondents named below are indexedIncludes:Letters to Margaret Farjeon to, among others: Dion Boucicault, Albert Chevali..., 1868-1954	British Library
referencedIn	F. Gentile di Giuseppe collection of French and Italian opera ballet, 1694-1904 (inclusive), 1790-1890 (bulk).	Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf	FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. X. Nov. 1945-July 1946.ff. 1-239. Papers and correspondence include:Copenhagen, Oct. 1945Freedom of the Burgh of DarvelGlasgow, Dec. 1945Honorary degree, University of LouvainJutland Medical SocietyMembership Pontifical Academy o...	British Library
creatorOf	Genée, Adeline [clippings]	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf	Genée, Adeline, 1878-1970. [Programs]	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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correspondedWith	American Ballet Theatre
associatedWith	American Museum of Vaudeville
associatedWith	Cullen, Frank, 1936-
associatedWith	Gentile di Giuseppe, F., collector.
associatedWith	Guest, Ivor Forbes.
associatedWith	Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887.
associatedWith	McGehee, Clarence
associatedWith	McNeilly, Donald, 1945-
associatedWith	Moore, Lillian.
associatedWith	Rowe, Marilyn, 1946-