Grantzow, Adèle Camille
(1845–1877)> BALLERINA
Grantzow, Adèle Camille (1 January 1845, Brunswick; 7 June 1877, Berlin), ballerina, received her first dancing instructions from her father, the balletmaster in her native city. She made her first public appearance at the Brunswick Opera House and then moved on to Hanover with the rank of première danseuse. Ambitious, she went next to Paris, where she lived with her teacher, the famous Mme Dominique . Charles Saint-Léon had known her from her Hanover days, and he interrupted her sojourn in the…