The Irish woman behind the British National Ballet
Updated / Thursday, 11 Mar 2021
11:31
Edris Stannus, AKA Dame Ninette de Valois
On March 8th, 2011, the legendary ballet dancer, director and teacher, Ninette de Valois, passed away at her home in London aged 102.
It is fitting that the anniversary of her death should fall on International Women s Day, which celebrates women’s accomplishments, because de Valois achieved so much during her life.
In Britain, she was made a Dame and a Companion of Honour. She was also awarded an Order of Merit, which is the country’s highest honour.
On top of this, she received an Irish Community Award, a Turkish Honour of Merit, the Dutch Erasmus Prize, the French Legion of Honour and countless honorary doctorates for her contributions to culture.
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Virtual tours available from Irish museums right now
Updated / Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
11:01
Although Irish museums have closed their doors once again, this is a great time to discover what they have to offer online.
Collections from the likes of IMMA and The Hugh Lane can be browsed on their websites. While Marsh s Library and the Library of Trinity College have some of their exhibitions online - and you can take all the time you need to read their featured texts.
You can mark Chinese New Year with our free online exhibition of some early books about China in our collection. The text is available in English or Mandarin - change via the language box at top right of the screen: https://t.co/3NrTTJKZi3pic.twitter.com/MEePIe0MV2
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 Garden. Now aged 101 – turning 102 in March – Danton is the oldest surviving dancer who has performed with the company.
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 dance by helping to establish an acclaimed contemporary dance company and school in London in the late 1960s, died there on Jan. 13. He was 95.
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