Vienna State Ballet

Among the dancers and choreographers working in Vienna, there are persons whose names are now legend. Their origin from various countries underlines the international nature of the art form. Santo came from Italy and Domenico Ventura, Gasparo Angiolini, Gaetano Vestris, Salvatore Viganò, Jean Coralli, Filippo, Paul and Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi and Fanny Cerrito, and from France Jean Georges Noverre, Louis Duport, Jean and Jules Perrot Aumer, came to August Bournonville, the Danes and Lucile Grahn and the German Heinrich Kröller. Of the Austrians, the ballet history have written, are to name Hilverding Franz, Fanny Elßler, Josef Hassreiter, Grete Wiesenthal and Erika Hanka.
By Josef Hassreiter, the creator of the world success The Fairy Doll, sat in the second half of the 19th Century - going hand in hand with the institutionalization of the ballet school - the formation of a national ensemble with one. Since then, Vienna had local artists in the Ballettgeschehen dominated, although always singular personalities from abroad in Vienna set highlights. On behalf of all Rudolf Nureyev was highlighted.

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