Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. Its students are chosen purely for their dancing talent and not for any academic ability. Famous dancers and choreographers from the school include Dame Margot Fonteyn, Dame Beryl Grey, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Darcey Bussell.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Ballet School
{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the...
Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road.  Spitalfields Life reports on a 2013 school reunion at the old building, which is now Galvin Restaurant - old photos and reminiscences.
Killed in the WW2 Balham station bombing whilst using the deep level platforms as a bomb shelter. Aged 14.
This lovely photo comes from a Facebook page dedicated to old photos of London where it is captioned "Harrow Green School, Leytonstone, 1897". Opened in 1877 the school was enlarged twice by 1882,...
Hon. Cecil C. E. Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. Attended Eton, 1869-74.
In 1868 the Bethnal Green Poor Law Guardians bought Leytonstone House in its 8 acres and developed the site to provide a large children's home, Bethnal Green School. This 1893 map shows the layout ...
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