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Flora Fabbri was an Italian ballerina during the 1800s. She
was one of six (or seven) students of the famous Carlo Blasis (http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/2015/03/throwback-thursday-and-carlo-blasis.html) that were called Pleiades of Blasis.
(Pleiades is a cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus that includes six
stars). She was one of the first to achieve fame. She made her debut in Venice
and continued to perform in many countries from the 1830s to the 1840s. In 1845
she became a soloist at the Paris Opera. She also danced at London’s Drury Lane
Theatre.
Carlo Blasis wrote about her: "Her dancing, all brio
and fire, transports and surprises." However, a book entitled “The
Theatres of Paris” by Charles Hervey, says this: “She does not want for agility
or musicality, but her attitudes are deficient in grace.” Such is the
subjective nature of ballet!
She was often partner by her husband Louis (or Luigi) Bretin,
a French dancer.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Dance History Factoid #133:
“Flora Fabbri was one of six pupils of Carlo Blasis called
the Pleiades of Blasis.”
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