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Article: Yes, yes, Ninette. (Ninette de Valois celebrates her 100th birthday)(Column)
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- Dance Magazine
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- August 1, 1998
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Ninette de Valois was one hundred years old on June 6. What can one say? Certainly she has won the dance longevity stakes. So far as I know, no major dancer, dance teacher, or choreographer has ever lived into a three-digit age. Marius Petipa, for example, was a mere stripling of ninety-two when he succumbed. If life expectancy is gradually extending, as it seems to be doing, a one-hundred-year-old dance figure may soon no longer be unique. For the time being, however, this century benchmark is the latest achievement of a woman who has already left an indelible mark on twentieth-century dance. It is, of course, far from being the most notable, nor is it at all untypical. ...
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Article: The Making of a Choreographer: Ninette de ...
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... ... through his associations with Ninette de Valois and with Leonide Massine, one ... Ashton's chief mentors, Dame Ninette de Valois, born Edris Stannus in Ireland ... Making of a Choreographer: Ninette de Valois and Bar aux Folies-Bergere ...
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