# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ninette-de-valois
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:12:14.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ninette-de-valois"
name: "Ninette de Valois"
slug: "ninette-de-valois"
description: "Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing The Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Royal Ballet School and the touring company which became the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the \"godmother\" of English and Irish ballet."
tagline: "British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ninette_de_Valois_(1974).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1898-06-06"
deathDate: "2001-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump