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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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.
Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.
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David Wall, CBE
Ballet dancer. Partnered Margot Fonteyn. A Governor of the Royal Ballet.
Dame Margot Fonteyn
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Sir Robert Mayer
Born in Germany. Click on external site for more information.
George Inn - gate
SE1, Borough High Street, 77, George Inn Yard
Records of this coaching inn date back to 1542 although the current building dates back to 1676 when it was rebuilt following a devastati...
D. H. Lawrence - Hampstead
NW3, Byron Villas, Vale of Health, 1
2025: The Standard reported on this flat being for sale, saying that the 2-bedroom ground floor flat was Lawrence's first residence in Lo...
Tommy Cooper - W4
W4, Barrowgate Road, 51
Tommy Cooper, 1921 - 1984, comedian, lived here 1955 - 1984. English Heritage
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