The Snow Maiden was the first Anglo-Soviet collaboration in ballet, Vladimir Bourmeister being the first Soviet choreographer to work with any Western company. It was later staged by the...
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Belinda Wright (1929–2007). British ballerina
Born in Southport, Lancashire, in 1929, Belinda Wright she was the daughter of a coal merchant. Her parents were advised for her to take dance classes because of her health, and she studied under Dorothea Halliwell, Olga Preobrajenska in Paris, and Kathleen Crofton in London. Wright won several awards for young dancers, including the Anna Pavlova Cup and the Dancing Times Cup.
Wright began working with Ballet Rambert in 1946. After further studies, she joined London Festival Ballet, where she danced as a principal and became best known for her work in ballets such as Harlequinade and Giselle. She also danced for Roland Petit’s Ballet de Paris, Le Grand Ballet de Marquis du Cuevas, and The Royal Ballet. Belinda Wright’s farewell performance took place in 1977 in Tokyo, and afterward she worked as a dance teacher. She was married to the dancer Jelko Yuresha, and died in 2001.
Timeline Event » 1964 – London Dance Theatre founded
In 1964, Jack Carter and Norman McDowell launched a small company, London Dance Theatre, for which Carter created Agrionia. It featured McDowell as a Dionysos, who punishes three sisters for refusing...