What is Pierina Legnani?
{{Infobox person | name = Pierina Legnani | image = Legnani-whitepearl.jpg | alt = | caption = Legnani in ''La Perle'', 1896 | birth_name = | birth_date = 30 September 1863 | birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] | death_date = 15 November 1930 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | alma_mater = | home_town = | medium = | nationality = [[Italy|Italian]] | occupation = [[Ballerina]] | years_active= | genre = | influences = | influenced = | subject = | spouse = | television = }} '''Pierina Legnani''' (1863–1930) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[ballerina]] who introduced the [[32 fouettés en tournant]] to the ballet world in 1893.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/04/13/cinderella/ |title=Ballet Bag: ''Cinderella'' |access-date=2013-06-09 |archive-date=2014-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130104727/http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/04/13/cinderella/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Wiley |first=Roland John |title=The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov |url= https://archive.org/details/lifeballetsoflev0000wile |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=0-19-816567-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifeballetsoflev0000wile/page/165 165]}}</ref> She was born on 30 September 1863 in [[Milan]], [[Italy]]. From 1893 until 1901, she was Prima Ballerina Assoluta at the [[Mariinsky Theatre]], [[St. Petersburg]].<ref>Mary Clarke and David Vaughan (eds). 1977. ''The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet''. London: Pitmans. p. 209</ref> Legnani trained at [[La Scala]]. Legnani danced Odette/Odile in the 1895 revised version of ''[[Swan Lake]]''. Her last performance was in Petipa's ''La Camargo'' on 28 January 1901. She retired to her villa at [[Lake Como]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.balletalert.com/ballets/Petipa/Swan%20Lake/SLPerf.htm |title=Ballet Alert! An online newsletter for those who love ballet |access-date=2012-04-07 |archive-date=2012-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org