Home of the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera. Originally built in 1732 as a playhouse. The current building is the third on the site, following the fires that destroyed the first two.
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Royal Opera House
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Royal Opera House extension
This foundation stone commemorates the opening of the extension to the Royal ...
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Rudolf Nureyev
Ballet dancer. Born Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, while his mother was travelling to Vladivostok. In 1958, he joined the Kirov (later renamed as Mariin...
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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 ...
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Trinity Laban
Music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Centre.
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Lambeth Walk
"Anytime you're Lambeth way, Any evening, any day, You'll find us all, doin' the Lambeth walk, oy!" The 1937 musical 'Me and My Girl' and the subsequent 1939 film, Lambeth Walk, featured characte...
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Chisenhale Gallery
A non-profit contemporary art gallery. It focuses on a programme of commissioned exhibitions, offsite projects and events, film screenings and talks. This photograph shows a performance at the gall...
1 memorial
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