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'.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ballet Rambert
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British Ballet
Here was the birthplace of British ballet, home of the Ballet Club and the Ba...
Dame Marie Rambert
Dame Marie Rambert, 1888 - 1982, founder of Ballet Rambert, lived here. Engli...
Other Subjects
Sir Anton Dolin
Born Slinfold, Sussex. Real name Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay. Ballet Dancer and Choreographer. Principal dancer with the Ballet-Russes and the Vic-Wells Ballet. Died Paris.
1 memorial
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.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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 Mariin...
1 memorial
Princess Seraphine Astafieva
Ballerina. Danced for Diaghilev, and opened a ballet school in 1916 in London. The title of ‘Princess’ may be spurious. In the picture the Princess is on the right. Alicia Markova is the dancer on ...
1 memorial
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Haggerston Road School - opened
E8, Haggerston Road, All Saints Centre
Note: you can see that when the original plaque was saved from the demolition the stone in which it was laid was reclaimed as well.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Reeves & Sons Ltd
Artists' colour manufacturer. Established by William Reeves (1739–1803). It has had a number of names, always including "Reeves" until ownership passed to Wilhelm Becker, through Colart Fine Art an...
1 memorial
George H. Hodgson
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Charles Kitterbell
A character in Charles Dickens' sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening".
1 memorial
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