Therese Elssler

Therese Elssler (German: Theresia Elßler; 5 April 1808, Vienna – 19 November 1878, Merano) was a dancer. The sisters Therese and Fanny Elssler were both dancers, the former born in 1808, the latter in 1810, both in the Vienna suburb of Gumpendorf. They were daughters of Johann Florian Elssler, the personal scribe of Joseph Haydn. They received their first lessons at Friedrich Horschelt's children's ballet in the Theater an der Wien.