Gina Cormani
, ActressSitter in 29 portraits
Cormani was the niece of the Alhambra Theatre's choreographer and teacher, Lucia Cormani, who danced with the company during the 1880s and 1890s. The younger Cormani joined the permanent company of the Alhambra in 1906. She appeared in the cast of the skit Sal-Oh-My! (1908); partnered, en travesti, the Danish ballerina Madamoiselle Britta in the first scene of Paquita (1909); and was praised for her dancing in The Dance Dream (1911).
Gina Cormani in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103162
Gina Cormani as a Russian Noblewoman in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103163
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103164
Gina Cormani as a Russian Noblewoman in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103165
Gina Cormani and an unknown woman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103166
Gina Cormani in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103167
Gina Cormani in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103168
Gina Cormani in 'The Dance Dream'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1911
NPG x103350
Gina Cormani and an unknown actress
by and after Bassano Ltd
printing-out paper print, 27 March 1912
NPG Ax136902
Gina Cormani and an unknown woman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103169
Gina Cormani and an unknown woman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103170
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103171
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103172
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103173
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103174
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103175
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103176
Gina Cormani and an unknown woman
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103177
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103178
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 November 1912
NPG x103179
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