Maria Christina Sophia Strömberg née Ehrnström (1777 â€" 17
September 1853) was a Swedish ballet dancer, actress and instructor in
dance and drama. She was married to Johan Peter Strömberg
(1773â€"1834) and active with him in Norway, where the couple both
made a pioneer contribution within their fields.Maria Christina
Strömberg was a student of Louis Gallodier at the Royal Swedish
Ballet in Stockholm. She was not given a position at the Royal Swedish
Opera, but was employed in smaller theatre companies touring Sweden.
She is known to have both performed as a dancer, as well as an
actress. In Norrköping in 1797, she married Johan Peter Strömberg,
after which she followed him in the theatre companies in which he was
employed.She was engaged in the theatre company of her spouse, and
thus in the pioneer theatres he attempted to establish in Uddevalla in
1798â€"99, and in Nyköping in 1800â€"02. Between 1802 and 1811, the
couple toured Norway, where there was yet no established professional
theatre activity. She and her husband gave lessons in dance and drama
in Trondheim (1803â€"05), in Kristiansund (1804â€"05) and in Det
Dramatiske Selskab in Oslo (1806â€"09); she instructed the female
students, while her husband instructed the male students. While ballet
dance as well as dance instructions had been offered previously in
Norway (by Madame Stuart), Maria Christina Strömberg was possibly the
first woman with confirmed formal ballet training to do so.
September 1853) was a Swedish ballet dancer, actress and instructor in
dance and drama. She was married to Johan Peter Strömberg
(1773â€"1834) and active with him in Norway, where the couple both
made a pioneer contribution within their fields.Maria Christina
Strömberg was a student of Louis Gallodier at the Royal Swedish
Ballet in Stockholm. She was not given a position at the Royal Swedish
Opera, but was employed in smaller theatre companies touring Sweden.
She is known to have both performed as a dancer, as well as an
actress. In Norrköping in 1797, she married Johan Peter Strömberg,
after which she followed him in the theatre companies in which he was
employed.She was engaged in the theatre company of her spouse, and
thus in the pioneer theatres he attempted to establish in Uddevalla in
1798â€"99, and in Nyköping in 1800â€"02. Between 1802 and 1811, the
couple toured Norway, where there was yet no established professional
theatre activity. She and her husband gave lessons in dance and drama
in Trondheim (1803â€"05), in Kristiansund (1804â€"05) and in Det
Dramatiske Selskab in Oslo (1806â€"09); she instructed the female
students, while her husband instructed the male students. While ballet
dance as well as dance instructions had been offered previously in
Norway (by Madame Stuart), Maria Christina Strömberg was possibly the
first woman with confirmed formal ballet training to do so.
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