2-716-837 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Adeline Genée, An Exquisite Ballet Toe-Dancer of the "Old School".', 1910. Danish-born British ballet dancer Adelina Genee (1878-1970) played an important role in the revival of British ballet in the Edwardian period.She appeared at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square in London for ten years, and played the role of Giselle in 1906. From "The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1910]