The dance writer, and former dancer, Deborah Weiss is joined in the studio for a special Voices of British Ballet round table discussion. Anita Landa, Pamela Hart, Joyce Lyndon and David Long, are...
training » Cone Ripman School
Podcast » Brenda Hamlyn
Natalie Steed talks to Brenda Hamlyn-Bencini about training under Marie Rambert, the post-war dance scene and touring Germany with ENSA in the immediate aftermath of WWII. At 92, Brenda...
Timeline Event » 1944 – Cone-Ripman School (later the Arts Educational Trust) opens
The Cone Sisters School of Dancing was founded in 1919 by Gracie, Valli and Lily Cone. In 1944, the school integrated with the Ripman School, an organisation established by Olive Ripman in 1922. The...
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 Cone-Ripman School....