Ulla Poulsen Skou (née Iversen; 5 February 1905 â€" 21 April 2001),
formerly Baroness Ulla Rosenørn-Lehn, was a Danish ballerina and
actress. She was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet and is best
known for being the subject of a series of portraits by Gerda
Wegener.Ulla Iversen was born on 5 February 1905 in Copenhagen to
Søren Iversen and Laura Christiane Hansen.In 1913 she was admitted
into the Royal Danish Ballet School and trained in the Bournonville
method. She made her debut with the Royal Danish Ballet in 1921 as
Agnete in Agnete og Havmanden. She officially joined the company two
years later, in 1923, and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1924.
As a soloist she danced many lead roles including Sylphide in La
Sylphide.Poulsen was a friend and model for the artist Gerda Wegener,
who painted a series of portraits of her. The most famous of these
portraits is the 1927 painting titled Ulla Poulsen in the ballet
Chopiniana.
formerly Baroness Ulla Rosenørn-Lehn, was a Danish ballerina and
actress. She was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet and is best
known for being the subject of a series of portraits by Gerda
Wegener.Ulla Iversen was born on 5 February 1905 in Copenhagen to
Søren Iversen and Laura Christiane Hansen.In 1913 she was admitted
into the Royal Danish Ballet School and trained in the Bournonville
method. She made her debut with the Royal Danish Ballet in 1921 as
Agnete in Agnete og Havmanden. She officially joined the company two
years later, in 1923, and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1924.
As a soloist she danced many lead roles including Sylphide in La
Sylphide.Poulsen was a friend and model for the artist Gerda Wegener,
who painted a series of portraits of her. The most famous of these
portraits is the 1927 painting titled Ulla Poulsen in the ballet
Chopiniana.
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