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Ninette de Valois
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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 English ballet
style, and h...
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Obituary: Dame Ninette de Valois
The Independent - London
; 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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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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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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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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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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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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