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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