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Article: 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)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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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 remarkable woman whose equally remarkable vision and unflagging perseverance established the art of ...
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Article: Ballet Pioneer de Valois Dies
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March 8, 2001 ;
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... ... Dame Ninette de Valois, a pioneer ... founder of the Royal Ballet, died Thursday ... London, the Royal Ballet announced ... Dame Ninette de Valois, we acknowledge ... renamed the Royal Ballet in 1956. De Valois was head of ...
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