Elsa Sylvestersson

Elsa Maria Sylvestersson (11 August 1924 Turku, Finland – 9 November 1996 Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer.

Sylvestersson was born to a Russian mother and a Swedish-speaking Finnish father.

[2] She was technically talented and thus well suited for the roles in character dance.

[3] Her style was eclectic, and she had no trouble in combining moves from classical ballet and modern dance.

In 1959 she made The Red Room based on August Strindberg, and later Selli (The Cell), Häkki (The Cage) and Sudenmorsian (The Wolf's Bride).