Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 4
Ninette de Valois's house at 14 The Terrace, Barnes, facing the river, with English Heritage blue plaque, "Dame NINETTE DE VALOIS O.M. 1898-2001 Founder of the Royal Ballet lived here 1962-1982"
Ninette de Valois receiving the Erasmus Prize (1974)
Ninette de Valois memorial bench in Blessington, Co. WicklowFilmography 1
Rudolf Nureyev4 credits on file
Television 1
OmnibusAwards 10
Connected to Ninette 6
Sylvie GuillemAlso in Rudolf Nureyev (1991)
Margot FonteynAlso in Rudolf Nureyev (1991)
Rudolf NureyevAlso in Rudolf Nureyev (1991)
Tamara KarsavinaAlso won Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Jean ProuvéAlso won Erasmus Prize
Michael TippettAlso won Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the ArtsAbout this person
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.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.