Fanny Cerrito

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Fanny Cerrito
choreographer

Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was an Italian

. She was a ballerina noted for the brilliance, strength, and vivacity of her dancing. She was also one of few women in the 19th century to be recognized for her talent as a choreographer.

Life

Born in

In 1845, Cerrito danced in the Pas de Quatre with Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi and Lucile Grahn. As the least well-known dancer, Grahn agreed to dance first, while Taglioni had been offered the privilege of dancing in coveted last position, by unanimous consent. However neither Grisi nor Grahn would agree to dance before the other. It required great diplomacy on the part of Benjamin Lumley, the opera manager, to arrange the order of the middle two solos, and when he proclaimed that the elder of the two should go last, Cerrito was reluctant to claim her 'prize'!^[2]

References

Alessandra Ascarelli (1980). "CERRITO, Fanny (Francesca)". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Volume 24. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

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