Ballet Dancer

Margrethe Schall

Danish ballerina (1775-1852)

Born 1775 · CopenhagenDied 1852Kingdom of Denmark
Margrethe Schall
Image: Niels Bredal · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Margrethe Schall was a Danish ballet dancer, born in 1775 in Copenhagen, who died in 1852.

Biography

Anna Margrethe Schall (17 September 1775 – 24 November 1852) was a Danish ballerina. She was one of the most notable ballet dancers in Denmark at the turn of the 19th century.

Schall became a star of the Royal Danish Ballet under the leadership of Vincenzo Galeotti. She was not described as beautiful or technically skilful, but was rather admired for her swiftness and expressive mimique, the later of which made her perfect for the style of the Galeotti Ballet.

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Contemporaries

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