Founded by Helen Ida Mortimer in the grounds of a Prep School run by Miss Violet Crisp, Elmhurst Ballet School is one of the oldest vocational dance schools in Britain. It was based at premises in Camberley, Surrey, before moving to purpose-built premises in Edgbaston, Birmingham in 2004. Elmhurst draws strongly upon its association with Birmingham Royal Ballet.
You May Also Like...
Violette Verdy
This interview with Violette Verdy is introduced by the dance critic and historian Alastair...
View
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon talks in 2003 with his former classmate and Royal Ballet First Soloist Jane...
View
After Diaghilev: British ballet in the early twentieth century
The ballet writer Gerald Dowler is joined in a special episode of Voices of British Ballet by...
View