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Timeline Event » 1906 – Phyllis Bedells makes her London debut

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...

Timeline Event » 1920 – Founding of The Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain (now the Royal Academy of Dance, (RAD))

On 31 December, 1920, Philip JS Richardson and Edouard Espinosa established The Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain, which would later become the Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) in 1936...

Timeline Event » 1930 – Establishment of the British Ballet Organization (BBO)

Edouard Espinosa left the Association of Operatic Dancing in Great Britain (later the Royal Academy of Dancing) and formed the British Ballet Organization (BBO) in 1930 alongside his wife Louise Kay,...