The ballet writer Gerald Dowler is joined in a special episode of Voices of British Ballet by Monica Mason (former Royal Ballet student, principal dancer and director), Jane Pritchard (curator…
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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 » 1916 – Serafina Astafieva opens her school in London
Born in St Petersburg in 1876, Serafina Astafieva became an important teacher in London in the early years of the 20th century. She ran a school on the King’s Road…
Timeline Event » 1914 – Pauline Bush opens the Pauline Bush School of Dancing in Nottingham, the forerunner of the Bush Davies School
The Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts became one of Britain’s most renowned performing arts schools. Opened in Nottingham by Pauline Bush, the school moved to premises in East Grinstead…