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History. The Royal Ballet owes its existence to the vision of Dame Ninette de Valois, dancer, choreographer and entrepreneur, who assembled a small company and school, the Vic-Wells Ballet, and, in 1931, persuaded Lilian Baylis to provide it with a home at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in North London.
- Ninette de Valois
Dancer, teacher, choreographer and artistic director Ninette...
- The Royal Ballet
Founded in 1926 by Ninette de Valois, The Royal Ballet...
- Ninette de Valois
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois. [1]
3 days ago · The founders of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet were Lilian Baylis and Ninette de Valois. De Valois established a ballet school in London in 1926, the same year that Baylis, the director of the Old Vic Theatre, engaged her to stage incidental dances for operas and plays. When Baylis took over as director of the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in ...
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Founded in 1926 by Ninette de Valois, The Royal Ballet School is the official school of The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet. The Royal Ballet is one of the great ballet companies of the world.
Dancer, teacher, choreographer and artistic director Ninette de Valois (1898–2001) founded The Royal Ballet. The importance of her role in creating not only a world-class national company and school but a unique national style of dance and a British audience for ballet cannot be overstated.
Dame Ninette de Valois (born June 6, 1898, Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland—died March 8, 2001, London, England) was an Irish-born British dancer, choreographer, and founder of the company that in October 1956 became the Royal Ballet. She was influential in establishing ballet in England.
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The Timeline was created by The Royal Ballet School to mark the 90th year since it was founded by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1926.
