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Phyllis Bedells (1893-1985) was a British dancer and teacher, and founder of the Royal Academy of Dance. She rose to ballerina level using her own English name at a time when Russian names were...

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Nicholas Legat  was a Russian dancer, choreographer and teacher who was born in St Petersburg. In 1888 he joined the Maryinsky Ballet, where he was an outstanding dancer and partner, as well as a...

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John Regan had trained with Enrico Cecchetti and Nicholas Legat before he joined Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the Markova-Dolin Ballet. In 1937 Regan formed his own group, the International...

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The Gregory’s School of Russian Ballet was founded in December 1949 under the direction of John and Barbara Gregory. It was opened by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin and focused on passing on the...

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A small-scale touring company ran by John and Barbara Gregory (née Vernon), who trained with the Russian ballet dancers Nicholas and Nadine Legat. The Harlequin Ballet fulfilled John Gregory’s...

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