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L'APRES MIDI D'UN FAUNE ;
Afternoon of a Faun ;
L - R ; Ashley Page ; Bryony Brind ;
Choreographed by Nijinsky ;
Music by Debussy ;
Rehearsal ;
The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, London, UK ; July 1983 ;
Credit:Bill Cooper / ArenaPAL
Bryony Brind (1960-2015). British dancer and teacher
Bryony Brind started dancing at the age of three, and joined The Royal Ballet School in 1971. In 1977 she won the Prix de Lausanne, and joined The Royal Ballet the following year. In 1980, while still in the corps de ballet, she created a role in Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody, and the following year made her debut as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. In 1982, Brind partnered Rudolf Nureyev in La Bayadère, which led to other pairings together, including George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son and Nureyev’s own The Tempest. She was made a principal of The Royal Ballet in 1984. During her time with the company, Brind created roles in works by Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Richard Alston, David Bintley, Jennifer Jackson and Michael Corder, which testified to her range and ability. In 1991 she left The Royal Ballet to pursue a freelance career in ballet, television and teaching, including at the Arts Educational School in London. In her own later years, Bryony Brind devoted herself to caring for her husband and her mother, before dying herself of a heart attack in 2015.