Ballet dancer. Partnered Margot Fonteyn. A Governor of the Royal Ballet.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
David Wall, CBE
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Dancer statue
{Top plaque:} Jete (1975) by Enzo Plazzotta, unveiled by The Rt. Hon. The Ear...
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Dame Marie Rambert
Ballet dancer who had a great influence on ballet in Britain. Born Cyvia Ramberg in Poland. Arrived in England in 1914. Married Ashley Dukes in 1918, a marriage which lasted until his death. Founde...
2 memorials
Hammersmith Palais
Former dance venue. It opened as a roller-skating rink, then became an ice rink, before being turned into a popular ballroom and concert hall. During WW2 it was used for making tanks and also as a ...
1 memorial
Royal Ballet School
Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. Its students are chosen purely for their dancing talent and not for any academic ability. Famous dancers and choreograph...
1 memorial
Fred Astaire
Dancer, singer, actor. Born and died America. Brother and sister, Frederick and Adele Austerlitz, started as children as vaudeville performers. Between 1917 and 1932 they appeared in musical shows ...
1 memorial
Anya Sainsbury
Former ballerina. Born Anya Linden. She studied at the Royal Ballet School under Sir Frederick Ashton and others. She and her husband Sir John Sainsbury, established the Linbury Trust, which offers...
1 memorial
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Sir Peter Medawar
OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate. Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Not a fan of psychoanalysis - ...
2 memorials
Sir Hamo Thornycroft
Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped) at 39 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park. Son of sculptors Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Studied at the Royal Academy Sch...
8 memorials
1 memorial
Martin Travers
Howard Martin Otho Travers was an English church artist and designer. One of the most influential British stained glass artists of the twentieth century. 1925 - 48 chief instructor in stained glass...
1 memorial
Private Harry Reginald Toft
Harry Reginald Toft was born in 1892 in Redditch, Worcestershire, the fifth of the six children of the Reverend John Toft (b.1851) and Mary Ann Toft née Farnsworth (1853-1907). His birth was regist...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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