Rosina Galli (dancer)

She studied dance at the Teatro di San Carlo's ballet school, becoming the company's première danseuse at the age of 14.

[4] When she was offered the première danseuse position at La Scala Theatre Ballet, the family moved to Milan.

She debuted in 1910, at the age of eighteen, dancing in Pietro Micca and Ballo Excelsior of Luigi Manzotti.

Though she sported a petite figure, characterized as elfish, Galli demonstrated a rigorous technique and performed powerful pirouettes, continuing to dance there until 1931.

[10] Her expanded responsibilities included choreography, and in that respect, Galli is credited for over 100 offerings at the Met,[11] such as Carmen (1924),[12] La traviata (1925),[13] and Merry Mount (1934).