Ballerina. Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, DBE was born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle in London. Spent some time in Australia as a child. Aged 20 became a principle dancer at the Royal Ballet. Retired from ballet in 2007.
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Darcey Bussell
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Dame Margot Fonteyn - WC2
Plaque unveiled by Darcey Bussell. 'Prima Ballerina Assoluta' is a title, nor...
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David Wall, CBE
Ballet dancer. Â Partnered Margot Fonteyn. Â A Governor of the Royal Ballet.
Anna Pavlova
Born St. Petersburg, Russia (on 31 January according to the calendar in use at the time). Â In 1909 she went to Paris with the Ballets Russes tour. In 1912 she moved permanently to London, appeared ...
Peter Minshall
Trinidadian carnival artist. Born Guyana and grew up in Trinidad. Made his first costume aged 13. Came to London to train in theatre design at the Central School of Art and Design. One of the first...
Person, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Dance, Caribbean Islands, South America
Princess Seraphine Astafieva
Ballerina. Danced for Diaghilev, and opened a ballet school in 1916 in London. The title of ‘Princess’ may be spurious. In the picture the Princess is on the right. Alicia Markova is the dancer on ...
Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The only remaining building from the Festival of Britain and the first post-war building to be protected with a Grade 1 Listing,...

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