Royal Ballet

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Timeline

1926
Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de Valois founded her own school, the Academy of Choreographic Art , in London.
1933
Internationally distinguished dancer Alicia Markova (born in London as Lilian Alicia Marks) became prima ballerina of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company in her home city.
1934
Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn (later Dame Margot) danced the leading part with the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (later the Royal Ballet ) in Frederick Ashton 's Rio Grande.
1934
Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn (later Dame Margot) danced the leading part with the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (later the Royal Ballet ) in Frederick Ashton 's Rio Grande.
15 October 1937
The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette de Valois with music by Arthur Bliss , was first performed in London by the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet .
Autumn 1940
The Sadler's Wells Theatre was bombed, leaving the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet without a performance venue.
20 February 1946
The Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, London, had its grand reopening after wartime closure. Margot Fonteyn performed with the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty.
24 April 1946
The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company, with principal ballerinas Moira Shearer , Margot Fonteyn , and Pamela May , performed Symphonic Variations at Covent Garden .
9 October 1949
Margot Fonteyn received high praise when the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet performed for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
5 May 1956
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked its 25th anniversary by presenting a suite of dances choreographed by Frederick Ashton and entitled Birthday Offering.
31 October 1956
Sadler's Wells Ballet company was granted a Royal Charter, and became the Royal Ballet .

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