Ninette de Valois
Dame Ninette de Valois , OM , CH , DBE (born June 6, 1898 as Edris Stannus in County Wicklow , Ireland , † March 8, 2001 in London ), was a classical ballet dancer and the founder of the Royal Ballet .
Life
Edris Stannus began her education at the age of 10 at the Lila Field Academy in London. In 1921 she officially changed her name to Ninette de Valois. She reached the first high point of her career as a dancer for Djagilev's Ballets Russes , for which she danced from 1923 to 1925.
A year later she ended her career as a dancer. She founded a ballet school and worked as a choreographer for the Festival Theater in Cambridge , the Abby Theater in Dublin and the Vic-Wells Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theater in London, directed by Lilian Baylis , which became the Royal Ballet in 1956 . She directed the Royal Ballet until 1963.
Awards (excerpt)
- 1950: Member of the French Legion of Honor
- 1951: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1961: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1974: Erasmus Prize for special services to European culture and awareness
- 1992: Special Prize from the Society of West End Theater
Books
- 1937: Invitation to the Ballet
- 1957: Come Dance with Me
literature
- Dame Ninette de Valois , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 25/2001 from June 11, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Valois, Ninette de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stannus, Edris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish classical ballet dancer and founder of the Royal Ballet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | County Wicklow , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2001 |
| Place of death | London |