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- Fanny Cerrito - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
(1817-1909). Italian ballerina Francesca Cerrito was born in Naples, Italy. She made her debut in Naples in about 1835 and soon gained international fame. She was very popular in London, where she danced the famous Pas de Quatre with Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, and Lucile Grahn in 1845. This ballerina of the Romantic period was one of the few 19th-century women to excel as a choreographer. Her greatest role was the title character in Ondine. (See also dance.)