Ninette de Valois

Dame Ninette de Valois, OM, CH, DBE ( born June 6, 1898 Edris Stannus in County Wicklow, Ireland, † 8 March 2001 in London ) was a dancer of classical ballet and the founder of the Royal Ballet.

Life

Edris Stannus began her training as a 10 -year-old at the Lila Field Academy in London. In 1921 she officially changed her name to Ninette de Valois. The first highlight in her career she achieved as a dancer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, for which she danced from 1923 to 1925.

A year later she finished her career as a dancer. She founded a ballet school and worked as a choreographer for the Festival Theatre in Cambridge, chaired the Abby Theatre in Dublin and the Vic- Wells Ballet at the Lilian Baylis of Sadler 's Wells Theatre in London, which became the Royal Ballet in 1956. She led the Royal Ballet until 1963.

Awards (excerpt)

  • Dancer
  • Choreographer
  • Author
  • Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Member of the Legion of Honour ( Knight )
  • Carrier of the Order of the Companions of Honour
  • Irishman
  • Born in 1898
  • Died in 2001
  • Woman
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