Flora Fabbri was a 19th-century

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ballet dancer. She was trained by

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, and was one of his 'Les Pleiades', being the first among those to become internationally famous. Fabbri danced to acclaim in

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and

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, before her

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debut at

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in 1845, dancing as Mazourka in the ballet ''The Devil to Pay''. One critic wrote "Drury Lane Theatre opened for the season... with a ballet of no particular merit, but worthy of notice for the excellent dancing of Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri. This young lady has more than confirmed the favourable impression of last season. Her manner is at once refined and spirited, singularly graceful and yet always joyous, and impulsive." Of Fabbri's dancing, Blasis said "light, bounding, aerial, and fanciful in every motion." Fabbri danced at the

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during 1845 to 1851, and also toured in Italy and

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. She was engaged at La Fenice in

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also.

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