 Giuseppina Morlacchi

Giuseppina Antonia "Josephine" Morlacchi Omohundro (October 8, 1836 – July 25, 1886) was an Italian American ballerina, dancer, and actress who introduced the can-can to the American stage.Morlacchi was born in Milan in 1836 and attended dance school at La Scala at the age of six.