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The Royal Ballet - what's the big idea?
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A few weeks ago, the Royal Opera House held its annual press
conference to announce the opera and ballet programmes for 1995-96.
Jeremy Isaacs, who will retire in 1997 when the building closes for
redevelopment, mumbled something about ROH tickets being
"affordable because. . . well, people afford them".
Nicholas Payne, for the Opera, delivered one of his famously
unabridged dispatches. But then Payne, unlike Anthony Dowell,
director of the Royal Ballet, actually had a few things worth...
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Britain's Royal Ballet Returns Stateside for Tour
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... know for being tight- fisted, which has helped it to survive. Britain's Royal Ballet, after headlines from Melinda Penkava. [news headlines] [music] EDWARDS: Last night, Britain's Royal Ballet began its five-city tour of the United States at Washington, D ...
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Lord of the dance Tonight sees a farewell gala for Sir Anthony Dowell, one of the Royal Ballet's greatest stars. Luke Jennings talks to him
Evening Standard - London
; THERE will be champagne, there will be ovations, and there will undoubtedly be tears. Tonight, at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the British ballet Establishment honours its best-loved and most distinguished son, Sir Anthony Dowell, who retires at the end of the current season. The
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Lord of the dance; Tonight sees a farewell gala for Sir Anthony Dowell, one of the Royal Ballet's greatest stars. Luke Jennings talks to him.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: LUKE JENNINGS THERE will be champagne, there will be ovations, and there will undoubtedly be tears. Tonight, at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the British ballet Establishment honours its best-loved and most distinguished son, Sir Anthony Dowell, who retires at the end of the
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One Last Dance; Royal Ballet Director Anthony Dowell Says Farewell at the Kennedy Center
The Washington Post
; Tough times indeed for the British Empire. One hundred years after the death of Queen Victoria, the royal line has lost its luster. The cows are sick. And an Australian (gasp!) is about to take over the venerated Royal Ballet. But for the moment, there is this consolation: Anthony Dowell and
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Take your partners Running the Royal Ballet is a bit like managing the England football team: fantastic if you're a success, but otherwise thankless. So who, in the wake of Sir Anthony Dowell's resignation, will get the job? The plotting has already begun
Evening Standard - London
; LAST week Anthony Dowell, artistic director of the Royal Ballet, publicly confirmed his resignation, an event openly discussed among the dancers in the company for the past six months. Dowell, 56, has held the position since October 1966, and will leave the Royal Opera House in 2001. So who's brave
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