To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ninette de Valois’ Academy for Choregraphic Art in March 1926, and to mark 25 years since her death, Patricia Linton talks to Dr Anna Meadmore,...
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Timeline Event » 1920 – Marie Rambert opens her school
Marie Rambert (1888-1982) was a dancer, choreographer, teacher and company founder and director born in Warsaw. In 1910, she went to Geneva to study the eurhythmics of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze. She...
Timeline Event » 1926 – Frederick Ashton choreographs A Tragedy of Fashion for the pupils of Marie Rambert
A Tragedy of Fashion was Frederick Ashton’s first work. Loosely based on a true story from the court of Louis XIV, it was performed at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in 1926, as part of a revue...