Podcast » Gillian Lynne
The great choreographer and director Gillian Lynne tells Lynn Wallis how it was a giant, but ultimately rewarding step, to leave Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 1951. We have a ten-minute trip from the...
people » Pauline Grant
Timeline Event » 1940 – The Pauline Grant Ballet established
Dancer and choreographer Pauline Grant formed her first ballet company at the Neighbourhood Theatre in Kensington in 1940. Grant’s company led an itinerant life, moving between venues when they...
Timeline Event » 1941 – Jay Pomeroy Ballet founded
We associate the Jay Pomeroy Ballet with four companies that existed in different permutations between 1941 and 1945. The original Pomeroy ballet was established in September 1941 as part of theatre...