DANCER

Enrico Cecchetti

1850 - 1928

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Enrico Cecchetti (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriːko tʃekˈketti]; 21 June 1850 – 13 November 1928) was an Italian ballet dancer, mime, and founder of the Cecchetti method. The son of two dancers from Civitanova Marche, he was born in the costuming room of the Teatro Tordinona in Rome. After an illustrious career as a dancer in Europe, he went to dance for the Imperial Ballet in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrico Cecchetti has received more than 110,550 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Enrico Cecchetti is the 51st most popular dancer (down from 46th in 2019), the 2,693rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,467th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Dancer.

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  • 110k

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  • 53.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Enrico Cecchetti ranks 51 out of 116. Before him are Birju Maharaj, Lindsay Kemp, Maria Tallchief, Frederick Ashton, Louise Rasmussen, and Antonio Gades. After him are Kurt Jooss, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Carla Fracci, William Forsythe, and Lucile Grahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Enrico Cecchetti ranks 54. Before him are Pablo Iglesias Posse, Josias von Heeringen, Cut Nyak Dhien, Alfred Edwards, Princess Therese of Bavaria, and Charles Doolittle Walcott. After him are Aleksander Gierymski, Constantin Fahlberg, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Alfred Pringsheim, Xaver Scharwenka, and Victoria Benedictsson. Among people deceased in 1928, Enrico Cecchetti ranks 58. Before him are Medardo Rosso, Larry Semon, Hermann Sudermann, Robert Lansing, Emil Wiechert, and Frank Dicksee. After him are Alexander Spendiaryan, Anita Berber, Arnold Rothstein, Moritz von Auffenberg, Gustave Ador, and Alexander Trepov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Enrico Cecchetti ranks 2,693 out of 5,161. Before him are Matteo II Visconti (1319), Giovanni Arrighi (1937), Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (900), Carlo Lizzani (1922), Camillo Ruini (1931), and Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1260). After him are Ciro Immobile (1990), Attilio Bettega (1953), Benedetto I Zaccaria (1240), Renzo Zorzi (1946), Enrico Chiesa (1970), and Gastone Nencini (1930).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Enrico Cecchetti ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Blasis (1797), Filippo Taglioni (1777), Gaétan Vestris (1729), and Pierina Legnani (1863). After him are Carla Fracci (1936).

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