100th anniversary of death - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1984 - 4 Shilling

The famous Viennese dancer Fanny Elßler was born on June 23, 1810. Together with her sisters Anna and Therese, she soon visited the children's ballet in the Theater an der Wien. However, intrigues soon led to the dissolution of this children's dance group. The little dancers were then in the k.k. Kärntnertortheater added. So also Fanny Elßler, who was there in the episode with ballet master Aumer taught in French dance style. In the Italian ballet technique, Fanny and her sister Therese were able to improve in Naples. This was followed by guest performances, Fanny Elßler initially led to the Court Theater in Berlin and later to Hamburg, London, Brussels and Paris. There, she celebrated overwhelming success, especially as a representative of folk dance, which she brought to the stage in a refined and artistic manner. Her characteristic style of dance was first and foremost an element that was essential to her success, her distinctive facial expressions. The next step in the dancer's career was an American tour that took her across the United States for two years, making her world famous. When she returned to Europe, she continued to thrill audiences for many years in all Old World cities. On her forty-first birthday, she stepped away from the stage, in full possession of her artistic qualities. Fanny's art encompassed classical ballet (La Sylphide, Giselle) and folk dance (Cracovienne, Cachucha). Both presented her with animated facial expressions and spirited expression. With Fanny's work in America began the development of the theatrical dance in the New World. The brand motif shows the dancer at her most famous dance, the Cachucha. She died on November 27, 1884 in Vienna.