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Nini Theilade

Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)

Born
June 15, 1915
Died
February 13, 2018
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1915

About Nini Theilade

Nini Arlette Theilade was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. Theilade's first marriage, to Piet Loopuyt, who was several years older than her, ended in separation; he died in the mid-1960s. When she was five, she discovered her mother after a suicide attempt; her shocked reaction caused a rift with her family until her mother discovered her talent for dance. From 1969 to 1978, she founded a ballet academy in Thurø with a ballet company that toured Europe.

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The world when Nini Theilade was born

Nini Theilade was born in 1915. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Nini Theilade's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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