Oct 22, 2019 · Prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher and business woman, Irish-born Dame Ninette de Valois was the godmother of English and Irish ballet.

Aug 5, 2022 · Until 1963, de Valois was director of the Royal Ballet. For over 40 years, her choreography had created roles for British dancers. But still she wasn't finished.

Dame Ninette de Valois (born June 6, 1898, Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland—died March 8, 2001, London, England) was an Irish-born British dancer, choreographer, and founder of the …

In 1951 Valois was made a Dame and in 1956 her company and school received a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School. After serving …

Mar 19, 2001 · In 1961, she became the first woman to receive the Dutch Erasmus Prize and, in 1964, the first, since Marie Curie, to receive the Albert Medal of the Royal Society. In 1980, …

Irish-born teacher, choreographer, and founder of the Royal Ballet who helped to establish classical ballet in Britain. Pronunciation: VALL-wah.

Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of The Royal Ballet has died at her home in Barnes, London, aged 102. Born Edris Stannus in the Irish village of Baltiboys, she was a figure who dominated...

It was founded by the Irish dancer Ninette de Valois, a charming, formidable woman, later nicknamed "Madam" by her dancers. In 1923, she had joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, then …

Jun 6, 1998 · In 1964 she received the Albert Medal of the Royal Society, the first woman to do so since Marie Curie in 1910, and in 1961 became the first woman to receive an Erasmus Prize …

Dame Ninette de Valois (6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Anglo-Irish dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She began life in Ireland as Edris Stannus. …

Nov 21, 2016 · An often forgotten figure in Irish history, 'Godmother of Ballet' Ninette de Valois brought ballet to the people and Yeats' vision to himself.

Mar 30, 2020 · To the English public in the 1920s, ballet meant a glamorous Russian performance. It was an Irish woman who convinced people they could create their own …

Mar 9, 2020 · In June 1931, de Valois staged her first full evening of ballet at Sadler’s Wells theatre, marking the inception of the Royal Ballet. By the 1930s, her reputation was …

Aug 25, 2023 · Do you know the story of the woman who founded it? Her name was Ninette de Valois, and she was not only a dancer but a teacher, choreographer, and director. She lived to …

May 27, 2022 · In this month’s column on the inspirational women of Cork, NICOLA DEPUIS looks at the life of Joan Denise Moriarty, founder of the Irish National Ballet. THE name Joan Denise …

Nov 19, 2024 · Margaret Evelyn Hookham, known by her stage name Margot Fonteyn, was a renowned English prima ballerina assoluta under the Royal Opera House during the 20th …

Oct 4, 2023 · Prima ballerina, choreographer, teacher and business woman, Irish born Dame Ninette de Valois was instrumental in raising the global profile of British ballet, founding the …