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Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois
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NINETTE DE VALOIS was more revered, more influential, more
honoured and respected, more famous than any dancer before her, and
the acknowledgements grew as her life lengthened. Ten or fifteen
years ago her dying would have signified in British cultural history
as the departure of the founder of the Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet
School and much more besides. "My heart is too strong," she said
regretfully. "It should have been me" - as friends or those she had
taught died around her: Sir Frede...
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Ninette de Valois
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Ninette de Valois Royal Ballet founder Friday, March 9, 2001 London -- Dame Ninette de Valois, a pioneer of British dance and founder of the Royal Ballet, died Thursday. De Valois, 102, established ballet in a Britain that had no ballet tradition. Her Royal Ballet School became the cradle of an
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Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois.(Obituaries)
The Independent (London, England)
; NINETTE DE VALOIS was more revered, more influential, more honoured and respected, more famous than any dancer before her, and the acknowledgements grew as her life lengthened. Ten or fifteen years ago her dying would have signified in British cultural history as the departure of the founder of the
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Leaping wizards of Oz Australians now occupy the top jobs at the Royal Ballet. Luke Jennings looks at the rise of 'the Kangaroo Mafia'
Evening Standard - London
; "I'VE heard I'm a tough director," says Ross Stretton, the Royal Ballet's new boss. "But the fact is I like people with their own opinions. I'll challenge them; they'll challenge me." Fighting talk - to brace himself, perhaps, for the task ahead. The former Australian Ballet director takes over a
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Leaping wizards of Oz; Australians now occupy the top jobs at the Royal Ballet. Luke Jennings looks at the rise of 'the Kangaroo Mafia'.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: LUKE JENNINGS I'VE heard I'm a tough director, says Ross Stretton, the Royal Ballet's new boss. But the fact is I like people with their own opinions. I'll challenge them; they'll challenge me. Fighting talk - to brace himself, perhaps, for the task ahead. The former Australian Ballet
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Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois
The Independent - London
; Although in her last years "Madam" no longer came to the Royal Ballet or Royal Ballet School, her indomitable spirit continued to be felt by all those who worked there, writes Nadine Meisner. Two years ago, while the Royal Opera House was closed for redevelopment, the Royal Ballet celebrated her
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[1] Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois.(Obituaries)
The Independent (London, England)
; Although in her last years Madam no longer came to the Royal Ballet or Royal Ballet School, her indomitable spirit continued to be felt by all those who worked there, writes Nadine Meisner. Two years ago, while the Royal Opera House was closed for redevelopment, the Royal Ballet celebrated her
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Ninette de Valois, dame of the dance, dies at 102
The Independent - London
; ... oversaw Britain's ballet tradition, died yesterday aged 102. Such was her influence and reputation in the world of ballet that news of her death, even as a centenarian, was received with shock. British ballet, after all, has never known a time without her ...
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Ninette de Valois, dame of the dance, dies at 102.(Title Page)
The Independent (London, England)
; ... oversaw Britain's ballet tradition, died yesterday aged 102. Such was her influence and reputation in the world of ballet that news of her death, even as a centenarian, was received with shock. British ballet, after all, has never known a time without her ...
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Frederick Ashton, founder of Britain's Royal Ballet
Chicago Sun-Times
; LONDON Sir Frederick Ashton, founder of the Royal Ballet and as its principal choreographer for 35 years the developer of a distinctive English classical style, is dead at 83. A spokesman for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, said Mr. Ashton died Thursday night at home in Eye in Suffolk,
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Birmingham Royal Ballet Meets Its Makers
Pointe
; Birmingham Royal Ballet Meets Its Makers Birmingham Royal Ballet's "Celebrating the Makers" program, which the company presented in October at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, was in no sense a collection of the best of British ballet. In fact, only one of the evening's works-Ninette de Valois'
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