Born Moscow. Ballet dancer and choreographer. Principle choreographer of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes.
Appeared in films The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1952). Died in Cologne.
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Royal Opera House
Home of the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera. Originally built in 1732 as a playhouse. The current building is the third on the site, following the fires that destroyed the first two.
Trinity Laban
Music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Centre.
Sir Frederick Ashton
Ballet dancer and choreographer. Born Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied under Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert, and was chief choreographer to Ninette de Valoi...
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived for a time in Shanghai. Her stage name was based on "Fontes" the name of her mother's paternal family, wealthy Brazilia...
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Wash-house foundation stone
SW1, Great Smith Street, Westminster Archives Centre
Seems likely that the F. J. Smith is the same architect as the one who built Caxton Hall with William Lee. Andrew Behan has researched s...
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