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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 Garden. Now aged 101 – turning 102 in March – Danton is the oldest surviving dancer who has perfo...

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, in recent years, has been seen in numerous films, including The King’s Speech, and on television i...

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 l...

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 Contemporary Dance Trust) and found a home for a contemporary dance school at The Place, London. He ga...

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 skilled teaching, he added, that prevented the emergence of “perfect dancers.” Espinosa was speak...