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.
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Royal Ballet School
{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 12. Buried in grave 1 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
From the picture source website: The Brady Boys' Club was the first Jewish boys' club in Great Britain and it was founded in 1896 by Lady Charlotte Rothschild, Mrs Arthur Franklin and Mrs N S Josep...
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Hon. Cecil C. E. Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. Attended Eton, 1869-74.
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