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Lucile Grahn

1819 - 1907

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Lucile Alexia Grahn-Young (30 June 1819 – 4 April 1907) was the first internationally renowned Danish ballerina and one of the popular dancers of the Romantic ballet era. Grahn studied from a young age at the Royal Danish Theatre School in Copenhagen, Denmark under the tutelage of August Bournonville. She officially debuted in 1834 at the theater and took on the leading role of Astrid in Bournonville's Valdemar in 1835. Soon the relationship between Bournonville and Grahn began to sour as she yearned to dance with the famed Paris Opera Ballet. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucile Grahn is the 59th most popular dancer (down from 57th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 341st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Lucile Grahn ranks 59 out of 116. Before her are John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, Kurt Jooss, Jean Coralli, Carla Fracci, and Lindsay Kemp. After her are Hans van Manen, Micheline Bernardini, Adam Darius, Olga Preobrajenska, John Cranko, and Yvette Chauviré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Lucile Grahn ranks 69. Before her are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Edwin Drake, Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, Władysław Taczanowski, and Nicolae Bălcescu. After her are Abe Masahiro, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Maria Wodzińska, Henri Harpignies, Constant Fornerod, and Joseph-Alfred Serret. Among people deceased in 1907, Lucile Grahn ranks 70. Before her are Ignaz Brüll, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Jakob Hurt, Luis Sáenz Peña, Maurice Loewy, and Charles Dancla. After her are Ernst von Bergmann, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Edward Routh, Ottomar Anschütz, Moritz Steinschneider, and William Howard Russell.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lucile Grahn ranks 373 out of 1,032. Before her are Christian August Lorentzen (1749), Kim Vilfort (1962), Else Alfelt (1910), Pilou Asbæk (1982), Gitte Hænning (1946), and Christian Eriksen (1992). After her are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812), Karen Harup (1924), Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), and Ari Behn (1972).

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Among DANCERS In Denmark

Among dancers born in Denmark, Lucile Grahn ranks 3. Before her are August Bournonville (1805), and Louise Rasmussen (1815).

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