Group    From 1926 

Ballet Rambert

Categories: Dance

Britain's oldest dance company. Founded by Dame Marie Rambert initially as Rambert Dancers, and then, at the Mercury Theatre, in 1931, as the Ballet Club and then, until the 1980s, as Ballet Rambert. It is now, 2010, known as Rambert Dance Company. The Mercury Theatre and the Ballet Rambert appear in the 1948 film 'The Red Shoes'.

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Ballet Rambert

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British Ballet

Here was the birthplace of British ballet, home of the Ballet Club and the Ba...

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Dame Marie Rambert

Dame Marie Rambert, 1888 - 1982, founder of Ballet Rambert, lived here. Engli...

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Other Subjects

Ricki Gail Conway

Ricki Gail Conway

Deputy chair of the Royal Ballet School.

Person, Dance, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
David Wall, CBE

David Wall, CBE

Ballet dancer.  Partnered Margot Fonteyn.  A Governor of the Royal Ballet.

Person, Dance

1 memorial
Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

Ballet dancer. Born Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, while his mother was travelling to Vladivostok. In 1958, he joined the Kirov (later renamed as Marins...

Person, Dance, Seriously Famous, France, Russia

1 memorial
Sadler's Wells Theatres

Sadler's Wells Theatres

From Sadler's Wells: Sadler’s Wells began with "the discovery of a mineral spring in 1683. Richard Sadler built a music house around the spring to rival the already fashionable Tunbridge and Epsom ...

Group, Dance, Theatre

2 memorials
Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Born St. Petersburg, Russia (on 31 January according to the calendar in use at the time).  In 1909 she went to Paris with the Ballets Russes tour. Moved permanently to London in 1912 and lived at I...

Person, Dance, Seriously Famous, Netherlands, Russia

2 memorials