Ballet Dancer

Elna Lassen

Danish ballerina (1901–1930)

Born 1901 · Kongens LyngbyDied 1930Kingdom of Denmark
Elna Lassen
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Elna Lassen was a Danish ballet dancer, born in 1901 in Kongens Lyngby, who died in 1930.

Biography

Elna Lassen (1901 – 1930) was a Danish ballerina who was the premiere danseuse of the Royal Danish Ballet. A diabetic, Lassen was found dead at her Copenhagen, Denmark apartment on the morning of September 20, 1930. She is thought to have committed suicide with a revolver which was found by her bedside.

The daughter of an unskilled laborer, she was married to a Copenhagen physician. Among her admirers was Max Reinhardt.

Lassen was ranked first in the Danish ballet after she returned home from studying ballet in the United States and Paris, France, from 1921–1924. She was tutored by Michel Fokine during her absence from Denmark.

From the Wikipedia article “Elna Lassen”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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Danish ballet dancer (1903-1988)

1903–1988
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Danish actress (1905–2001)

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Danish film actress and ballerina (1906-1979)

1906–1979

Facts from Wikidata (Q5367012), CC0.