Ninette de Valois

Standard Name: de Valois, Ninette

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Grant
EG 's great uncle Alexander Grant was a popular Episcopalian preacher and wrote Sermons on Various Subjects and Occasions, published in 1800 in Dundee. Her aunt Mary Gillies wrote for Howitt's Journal on...

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1926: Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de...

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1926

Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de Valois founded her own school, the Academy of Choreographic Art , in London.
Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
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Early 1930: The Camargo Society, named after a great...

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Early 1930

The Camargo Society , named after a great French dancer of the eighteenth century, was established to promote British ballet.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
114

15 May 1931: Choreographer Ninette de Valois presented...

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15 May 1931

Choreographer Ninette de Valois presented ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London for the first time.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
374

5 July 1931: Ninette de Valois's ballet Job, with music...

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5 July 1931

Ninette de Valois 's ballet Job, with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams , was performed for the Camargo Society at the Cambridge Theatre in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
374
Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
121

15 October 1937: The ballet Checkmate, choreographed by Ninette...

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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 .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
383

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