Adeline Genee in first ballet skirt

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Dame Adeline Genée DBE (born Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen; 6 January 1878 – 23 April 1970) was a Danish-British ballet dancer.

Adeline Genée performed with many of the world's leading ballet companies, including the Royal Danish Ballet and the Imperial Ballet in Russia, and choreographed ballets, including "The Dream" (1914) and "The Magic Mirror" (1917).