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'''Margot Ella Florentz Lander''' (23 August 1910 – 18 July 1961), a prima ballerina with the [[Royal Danish Ballet]], was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Craine |first1=Debra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42g8Hp-xA48C |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Dance |last2=Mackrell |first2=Judith |date=2010-08-19 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-956344-9 |pages=265 |language=en}}</ref> |
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'''Margot Lander''' was a [[ballet|ballerina]] born in 1910 in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] to father Marx Gerharh, a journalist (1871-1938) and mother Ella Florentz, an opera singer (1891-?). Margot Ella Florentz Lander died in 1961. |
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Born in Oslo to Ella Florentz (1891-?), an opera singer, and Marx Gerharh (1871–1938), a journalist, Lander began studying at the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1917 and joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1928. Two years later she married [[Harald Lander]] (1905–1971), a dancer and choreographer who became the ballet-master at the Royal Danish Ballet. They divorced in 1946.<ref name=":0" /> |
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She studied at the [[Royal Danish Ballet School]] from 1917, danced her first solo in 1919 and joined the company in 1928. She became principal in 1933 and was the first ballerina in Denmark to be given the title [[prima ballerina]] (first solo dancer) in 1942. She was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the 20th century and had exceptional personality and grace. She created roles in many of [[Harald Lander]]'s ballets as well as dancing the Bournonville repertoire. Other of her greatest roles were in Coppelia and [[Swan Lake]]. She retired in 1950. In 1930-1950 she was married to Harald Lander. |
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Margot Lander became principal dancer in 1933 and Denmark's first prima ballerina in 1942.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Udenrigsministeriet |first=Denmark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uU-WLVQc1esC |title=Denmark: An Official Handbook |date=1964 |publisher=Krak |pages=781 |language=en}}</ref> She danced key roles in Harald Lander's ballets, in [[August Bournonville]]'s repertoire as well as in [[Coppélia]] and [[Swan Lake]] before retiring in 1950. She was also the ballet instructor of former queen of Greece [[Anne Marie of Denmark|Anne Marie]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-26 |title=Dronningen og hendes søstre "holdt baller, så lysekronen gyngede" - TV 2 |url=https://underholdning.tv2.dk/2022-03-24-tv-show-rykker-helt-ind-i-kronprinsparrets-private-stue |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=underholdning.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 22 April 2023
Margot Ella Florentz Lander (23 August 1910 – 18 July 1961), a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish Ballet, was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century.[1]
Born in Oslo to Ella Florentz (1891-?), an opera singer, and Marx Gerharh (1871–1938), a journalist, Lander began studying at the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1917 and joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1928. Two years later she married Harald Lander (1905–1971), a dancer and choreographer who became the ballet-master at the Royal Danish Ballet. They divorced in 1946.[1]
Margot Lander became principal dancer in 1933 and Denmark's first prima ballerina in 1942.[2] She danced key roles in Harald Lander's ballets, in August Bournonville's repertoire as well as in Coppélia and Swan Lake before retiring in 1950. She was also the ballet instructor of former queen of Greece Anne Marie.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010-08-19). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. OUP Oxford. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-19-956344-9.
- ^ Udenrigsministeriet, Denmark (1964). Denmark: An Official Handbook. Krak. p. 781.
- ^ "Dronningen og hendes søstre "holdt baller, så lysekronen gyngede" - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
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