Valois, (Dame) Ninette de
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Valois, (Dame) Ninette de [ Stannus, Edris] (
b Baltiboys, Ireland, 1898;
d London, 2001). Irish dancer, choreographer, and administrator. Danced at CG in opera ballet 1919 and with Ballets Russes 1923–6. Opened London Acad. of Choreog. Art 1926 (closed 1931) and began collab. with Lilian Baylis at Old Vic. First choreog. for Mozart's
Les Petits Riens, 1928. Dir., Vic-Wells Ballet (later SW Ballet) 1931, running SW Ballet sch. at same time. Founded SW Opera Ballet (later SW Theatre Ballet) 1946 (became Royal Ballet 1956). Resigned as dir., Royal Ballet, 1963. Among ballets she choreog. are
La Création du monde ( Milhaud, 1931),
Job ( Vaughan Williams, 1931),
The Haunted Ballroom ( Toye, 1934),
The Rake's Progress ( Gordon, 1935),
The Gods go a-begging ( Handel-Beecham, 1936),
Checkmate ( Bliss, 1937),
The Prospect before us ( Boyce-Lambert, 1940), and
Don Quixote ( Gerhard, 1950). CBE 1947, DBE 1951, CH 1982, OM 1992.
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet Born: 6 June, 1898, in County Wicklow Died: 8 March, 2001, in London, aged 102 NINETTE de Valois almost single handedly created British ballet. From inauspicious...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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NINETTE - A WOMAN OF VISION; Richard Edmonds talks to Dame Ninette de Valois, who created the first British ballet company.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 6/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; This morning, Dame Ninette de Valois celebrates her 100th birthday...with the navy. As a child, Dame Ninette would make up plays with her...Edris Stannus (her mother chose Ninette de Valois for her, basing the name on...
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Dame Ninette de Valois Dies at 102; Dancer, Choreographer Became Founder of Royal Ballet
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; Dame Ninette de Valois, 102, a pioneer of British dance and founder of the Royal Ballet...The cause of death was not reported. "With the death of Dame Ninette de Valois, we acknowledge the passing of one of the 20th century's greatest...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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The genius who helped give ballet its magic; Dame Ninette de Valois, dance pioneer who brought Fonteyn and Nureyev together, dies at 102.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Among those applauding in 1962 was Dame Ninette de Valois, who brought them together and...national ballet company. Dame Ninette - founder, director, teacher...decided to call herself Ninette de Valois. After three years, she left...
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Dame Ninette de Valois.
M2 Presswire; 3/9/2001; 357 words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-9 March 2001-UK Government: Dame Ninette de Valois (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...Arts Minister, Alan Howarth, said today of Dame Ninette de Valois: "Dame Ninette de Valois was one of the greatest...
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Ninette de Valois, dame of the dance, dies at 102
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/9/2001; ; 486 words
; DAME NINETTE de Valois, the founder of the Royal Ballet, and the woman who started...the director of the Royal Ballet, said: "With the death of Dame Ninette de Valois, we acknowledge the passing of one of the 20th century's greatest...
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Living obituary Dame Ninette de Valois
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 12/4/1999; 700+ words
; ...star performers and star guests: Dame Ninette de Valois, or Madam as she is properly called. At 101, de Valois was unable to attend the gala...Ireland, on 6 June 1898, de Valois fell in love with dance when she...
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Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; NINETTE DE VALOIS was more revered, more influential...Sir Frederick Ashton, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Dame Peggy...All this has happened in de Valois's lifetime, not because...to the world. Around de Valois gathered the extraordinary...
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Royal Ballet, Barbican Theatre, London, June 15-20, 1998; Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, June 3-7, 1998. (companies' tribute to Dame Ninette de Valois on her 100th birthday)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...1998 REVIEWED BY JANN PARRY Dame Ninette de Valois's one-hundredth birthday on...since 1990)to Birmingham. Dame Ninette was in fine form at her birthday...modest gala to honor Madam, as de Valois is known to the ballet world...
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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)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the art of ballet in Britain. Dame Ninette de Valois, born Edris Stannus on June 6...her ninety-fifth year, Dame Ninette, known affectionately as "Madam...obituaries of Rudolf Nureyev. De Valois, as director of the Royal Ballet...
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dame Ninette de Valois , 1898-2001, English ballet director...Art. With dancers from the school de Valois established (1931) the Vic-Wells...1935), and Checkmate (1937). De Valois did much to increase the prestige of...
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Valois, Dame Ninette de
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Valois, Dame Ninette de (1898–2001) Irish ballerina and choreographer, b...with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1923–26). In 1931, de Valois founded the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, which later became the Royal...
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Valois, (Dame) Ninette de
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Valois, (Dame) Ninette de [ Stannus, Edris ] ( b Baltiboys, Ireland, 1898; d London, 2001). Irish dancer, choreographer, and administrator...
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Royal Ballet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Choreographic Art, founded by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1926. Dancers from the academy...Royal Opera House in 1946. De Valois directed the company for more...Ballet) was founded in 1946 by de Valois after the Sadler's Wells Ballet...
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ballet
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...maintained by the Kirov and Bolshoi companies. In 1930 Dame Marie Rambert founded the first English ballet school, and in 1931 Dame Ninette de Valois established the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal...
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