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Henry Danton dances with Margot Fonteyn in The Sleeping Beauty in 1946 Credit: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis Historical It’s 75 years ago this week that Henry Danton stepped onto the Royal Opera House stage, performing in the Sadler’s Wells (now Royal) Ballet production of Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty – the venue’s grand reopening after the war. A former army captain, Danton had gladly traded in his bayonet for ballet shoes, and, in 1946, was living out his dream of dancing at Covent G...

Claire Bloom at 90: a phenomenal actor with poise, spirit and steel Michael Billington © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian Acting must be the best rejuvenation pill on the market. If you want proof, you have only to look at the extraordinary, long-lasting career of Claire Bloom, who, somewhat incredibly, turns 90 on 15 February. She made her stage debut at the age of 15, became globally famous at 20 playing opposite Charlie Chaplin in Limelight and, ...

Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to Britain A New York-born protégé of Martha Graham, he and a rich patron revolutionized dance in the U.K. with a cutting-edge new form. Robert Cohan in 1962. He was both a dancer and a teacher with the Martha Graham company in New York before revolutionizing dance in Britain.Credit...Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Published Jan. 29, 2021Updated Feb. 1, 2021 Robert Cohan, a New York-born dancer and choreographer who changed the course of British...

First published on Thu 14 Jan 2021 12.06 EST Sir Robert Cohan, who has died aged 95, transformed the dance scene in Britain in the 1960s. A charismatic dancer, notable choreographer, great teacher and artistic director, Cohan was the man who gave form to the vision of the philanthropist Robin Howard that American modern dance could take root and flourish in the UK. Howard, an admirer of the US dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, established the Contemporary Ballet Trust (which became the Co...

From the music hall to ballet royalty: A British tale tudents demonstrate a dance for Margot Fonteyn and others in 1972. The history of the Royal Academy of Dance, outlined at an exhibition in London, is synonymous with the history of ballet in Britain. Felix Fonteyn via The New York Times. by Roslyn Sulcas (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- “It is absolute nonsense to say that the English temperament is not suited for dancing,” Edouard Espinosa, a London dance teacher, said in 1916. It was only a lack of...

SUBSCRIBE 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Full length movie 55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing siege of the foreign legations compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China from 1898 to 1900. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson and produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Bernard Gordon with uncredited contributions from Robert Hamer and Ben Barzman. It stars Char...

Christmas TV guide: 20 of the best films to watch BBC One, 4.15pm A rare instant classic, this take on Michael Bond’s stories could not brim more fully with good nature and bristly cheer. Hugh Grant’s villainous Phoenix Buchanan is more charming than most heroes. “Why are you in it so much?” Grant’s unappreciative children apparently said to him recently. “I make them like it now. They have to watch it every night and tell me how good I am, otherwise they don’t get fed.” One of...

Advertisement Multimillion-dollar renovations to the heritage-listed home of the National Art School will begin in the new year, repairing the 200-year-old hand-hewn sandstone walls, wings, and walkways of the former Darlinghurst Gaol. The $18 million facelift was announced by the Minister for Arts Don Harwin at the end of year graduate students award ceremony on Friday night and welcomed by the art school as an "uplifting way" to end a difficult year. Set for renovation: The historic walls of ...

Hazel de Berg - Australian Oral History Pioneer Hazel de Berg - Australian Oral History Pioneer 10 December 2020 Hazel de Berg interviewing physicist Professor Harry Messel, 1972,nla.cat-vn4759844 Largely regarded as Australia’s first oral historian, Hazel de Berg recorded interviews with 1,290 Australians who were born between 1865 and 1953. Without her work, many of these people would never have their voices recorded for us to listen to today.   Hazel interviewed very widely but a...

Hazel de Berg - Australian Oral History Pioneer Hazel de Berg - Australian Oral History Pioneer 10 December 2020 Hazel de Berg interviewing physicist Professor Harry Messel, 1972,nla.cat-vn4759844 Largely regarded as Australia’s first oral historian, Hazel de Berg recorded interviews with 1,290 Australians who were born between 1865 and 1953. Without her work, many of these people would never have their voices recorded for us to listen to today.   Hazel interviewed very widely but a...