The mother of British ballet: the founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, still a formidable presence at the age of ninety-five, recalls her long and illustrious career. (Dame Ninette de Valois)

Dance Magazine | February 1, 1994| | Copyright

It was one of those mornings too often thought of as being typically English: dark and dreary, with a steady, misty drizzle that penetrated both body and soul. The ground-floor apartment overlooking the Thames River in Barnes, southwest of central London, made a warm and welcome retreat. I was shown into a sitting room whose furniture was more attuned to comfort and familiarity than elegance and style. There were, surprisingly, few memorabilia on view: I expected more remembrances of the dynamic career that has spanned more than eighty years. For this was the home of a ...

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