Timeline Event » 1942 – Allied Ballet established
Jashf Crandall made his performing debut in the United States of America with Mikhail Mordkin’s Russian Ballet in 1926. Crandall had also danced with Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Adolph…
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Timeline Event » 1949 – Festival Ballet established in London
Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin returned to Britain in 1949 after dancing in the United States of America and resumed touring the country, at first using dancers taken from the…
Podcast » Henry Danton
In this extract, poor Henry Danton always seems to be running behind his talent – that is until he met the wonderful ballet teacher, Vera Volkova. However, before this and…