1897 – Adeline Genée gives her first performance at the Empire Theatre, London.

Adeline Genée (1878-1970) was a Danish ballerina and founder-president of the Royal Academy of Dance. At the age of three she started taking dancing lessons from her uncle Alexander Genée and his wife Antonia Zimmerman, who were both pupils of Marius Petipa and Christian Johansson. At the age of ten she performed for her uncle’s company in Christiana (Oslo). In 1895 she became a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, going on to perform in Berlin and Munich. In 1896 she made her debut as Swanilda in Coppélia, which became her most famous role. In 1897 Genée appeared at the Empire Theatre in London, initially for six weeks, but she was offered the position of prima ballerina, and stayed on for ten years.