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	Valois - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Valois, dynasty that occupied the throne of France from 1328 to 1589.
		Valois, Dame Ninette de, professional name of Edris Stannus (1898-2001), English dancer and choreographer, and noted founder of the Royal Ballet....
		Margaret of Valois (1553-1615), queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and Queen Catherine de Médicis.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Valois.html (79 words)

	- Blue Plaque for Dame Ninette de Valois
		Ninette de Valois was responsible for transforming the status of ballet in Britain and founded The Royal Ballet, The Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School.
		Ninette de Valois was born Edris Stannus in County Wicklow, Ireland; her professional name reflected a possible connection with the French royal family.
		Dame Ninette, as she was by then, though her pupils and dancers knew her as 'Madam', had fulfilled her ambition — England had a state-sponsored national ballet and the future of her company and school was secure.
	www.ballet.co.uk /dcforum/news/3236.html (598 words)

	Valois, Dame Ninette de - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With dancers from the school de Valois established (1931) the Vic-Wells Ballet (later the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet), which she directed for more than three decades (1931-63).
		De Valois did much to increase the prestige of ballet in England, and in 1951 she was made a Dame of the British Empire.
		Dame Ninette de Valois Dies at 102; Dancer, Choreographer Became Founder of Royal Ballet
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-valois-d1.html (361 words)

	Dancing Times Ltd: May
		Dame Ninette de Valois had made it, at the age of 98, to see the student dancers who would carry forward the work she had started so many years ago — the tiny enterprise that was to grow into the whole edifice of the Royal Ballet companies and its schools.
		De Valois was born Edris Stannus at Baltiboys, a country house some two miles from the village of Blessington in County Wicklow, and always insisted, like W. Yeats, with whom she worked, “I am of Ireland”.
		She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1957 and a Companion of Honour in 1982, and was awarded the ultimate honour, the Order of Merit, in 1992, receiving in the same year the special award of the Society of West End Theatres for her lifetime’s achievement.
	www.dancing-times.co.uk /dancingtimes0501-3.html (2529 words)

	Ninette de Valois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dame Ninette de Valois, OM, CH, DBE (June 6, 1898 – March 8, 2001) was the founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet.
		de Valois was not one to rest on laurels, though.
		De Valois was awarded the French Légion d'honneur in 1950, and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951, a Companion of Honour in 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninette_de_Valois (446 words)

	Ninette de Valois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 - March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet.
		Born Edris Stannus in Baltibouys, Ireland, Stannus began dancing in 1908 at age ten, and became noticed throughout England because of her graceful movements.
		De Valois was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1950, and was made Dame of the British Empire in 1951.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/n/ni/ninette_de_valois.html (139 words)

	FT.com / Arts & weekend / Books - Esprit de corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dame Ninette giggled (she was given to wonderful bursts of laughter) and opted for Step by Step.
		De Valois knew that if she was to realise her dream she must provide security for her dancers and for the dance itself.
		De Valois believed that a home and a school - both of which she already had - were the proper and lasting foundation for her vision.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/0811661c-cab3-11da-9015-0000779e2340.html (815 words)

	The mother of British ballet: the founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, still a formidable presence at the age of ...
		Dame Ninette de Valois, born Edris Stannus on June 6, 1898, in County Wicklow, Ireland, is the mother of English ballet and a jewel in Britain's cultural crown.
		De Valois, as director of the Royal Ballet in 1962, was responsible for giving the legendary Russian dancer his first permanent job in the West.
		For the next few years, Ninette de Valois, as she was now known ("My mother thought of the name because our family had French connections"), performed at most of the London music halls.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n2_v68/ai_14804848 (1023 words)

	AllRefer.com - Dame Ninette de Valois (Dance, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dame Ninette de Valois[val´wA] Pronunciation Key, 1898–2001, English ballet director, b.
		After attaining distinction as a dancer, most notably in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1923–26), she became choreographic director of both the Abbey Theatre and the Old Vic Theatre in 1926, the year she founded the Academy of Choreographic Art.
		With dancers from the school de Valois established (1931) the Vic-Wells Ballet (later the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet), which she directed for more than three decades (1931–63).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Valois-D.html (290 words)

	Sultanas of the Dance
		Dame Ninette de Valois, who died this year at the age of 102, will always be remembered as the grand lady of British ballet.
		In 1947, Dame Ninette took a break from her responsibilities with the Royal Ballet to work with the Turkish government In setting up a national ballet In Ankara.
		Dame Ninette continued to direct the Royal Ballet School in Britain until 1963, but she turned over the reins of the School of Ballet in Turkey to another Briton, Molly Lake, In the 1950s.
	www.aydinteker.com /Reviews/Sultanas.htm (1225 words)

	dancescreen 99 - Competition / Wettbewerb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On 6th June 1998, Dame Ninette de Valois was 100 years old, and to celebrate this 100th birthday, friends, colleagues and former pupils, including P. May, B. Grey, L. Seymour, P. Wright, A. Dowell, A. Sibley and D. Bintley, talk about the achievements of the woman known to dancers throughout the world as "Madam".
		Though "Madam" began life as Edris Stannus in Baltiboys in Ireland, as Ninette de Valois, she founded the Royal Ballet and changed dance around the world forever.
		Juni 1998 wurde Dame Ninette de Valois 100 Jahre alt.
	www.sk-kultur.de /dancescreen99/competition/170.htm (220 words)

	AllRefer.com - Royal Ballet (Dance) - Encyclopedia
		Granted a royal charter in 1956, the company was formed from the Sadler's Wells Ballet, which had its origins in the Academy of Choreographic Art, founded by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1926.
		The company's principal ballerina was Dame Alicia Markova; when she left in 1935, Margot Fonteyn, who had made her debut that year at age 15, was trained to become prima ballerina, a rank she held until she became guest artist with the company in 1959.
		De Valois directed the company for more than 35 years, retiring in 1963.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RoyalBal.html (422 words)

	Royal Ballet, Barbican Theatre, London, June 15-20, 1998; Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dame Ninette de Valois's one-hundredth birthday on June 6 was celebrated with special performances by the three institutions she founded: the Royal Ballet School and the two Royal Ballet companies, one based in London, the other relocated (since 1990)to Birmingham.
		Dame Ninette was in fine form at her birthday party at the school but opted not to attend the theater performances.
		Like de Valois in her danced parable, Job, he has drawn on biblical tales and imagery, trying to find a physical language to convey spiritual belief.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n10_v72/ai_21229841 (710 words)

	Ninette de Valois
		This week's papers are awash with tributes to Ninette de Valois from friends, colleagues and critics.
		We at ballet.co would like to add our own, on behalf of the thousands of dance lovers who have never met her, and perhaps never even seen her or heard her speak, but who continue to enjoy the benefits of her work, imagination and determination.
		De Valois had the foresight to know that it could be done, and the courage and stubbornness to fight to achieve it.
	www.ballet.co.uk /jun98/de_valois.htm (291 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Royal Ballet founder dies
		Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of The Royal Ballet has died at her home in Barnes, London, aged 102.
		Dame Ninette became a leading dancer in London before joining Diaghilev's Ballet Russe in 1923.
		She retired in 1963 and was named life governor of the Royal Ballet at that time, continuing to be involved in the work of the Ballet School until 1971.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/1209339.stm (633 words)

	FT.com / Services & tools / SearchFT.com / Services & tools / Search
		In my earliest days at the ballet, de Valois was a remote presence, a quick-moving and beautiful woman glimpsed occasionally at performances.
		Working with Dame Ninette, by then in her early 80s, was a most affecting and splendid experience.
		Ultimately, Ninette de Valois made British ballet and if her ideals and beliefs, her joy in the life of her company are now ignored, then our ballet is weakened and betrayed.
	search.ft.com /search/article.html?id=031108001417 (684 words)

	Dame Ninette de Valois (Edris Stannus) (1898-2001), Founder and Director of the Royal Ballet; married Arthur Blackall ...
		Dame Ninette de Valois (Edris Stannus) (1898-2001), Founder and Director of the Royal Ballet; married Arthur Blackall Connell
		De Valois appeared as première danseuse at Covent Garden, 1919, and joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes for two seasons, 1923-5.
		She was made a Dame in 1951, Companion of Honour in 1983 and received the Order of Merit in 1992.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01275 (208 words)

	Ninette de Valois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ninette de Valois was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1898.
		After her career as a soloist in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1923-26 she founded her own school in London, the Academy of Choreographic Art.
		Ninette de Valois - Interview on Dance Insider.
	www.ballerinagallery.com /devalois.htm (155 words)

	DBPR associates :: Beryl Grey Biography
		Of the many roles created for her by such eminent choreographers as Sir Frederick Ashton and Sir Robert Helpmann, it was the role of Death which Massine created for her that saw a very different Beryl Grey in his ballet Donald of the Burthens.
		There were also notable revivals in which her brilliant interpretations have left an enduring memory – her formidable Black Queen (Death in Ninette de Valois’ timeless ballet Checkmate and the compassionate romantic Lady in John Cranko’s The Lady and the Fool.
		She holds numerous honorary doctorates and was awarded the CBE for her services to dance in 1973 and created a Dame of the British Empire in 1988.
	www.henrymoorestudio.co.uk /dbpr/beryl/bg_biog.html (1169 words)

	Masterpieces of the British Ballet: Checkmate and The Rake's Progress, on Video Artists International
		Created for the Vic-Wells Ballet in the 1930s by founder-choreographer Ninette de Valois, Checkmate and The Rake’s Progress remain cornerstones of the British ballet repertoire.
		Checkmate, one of the pillars of contemporary British ballet, was created in 1937 by choreographer Ninette de Valois (1898-2001) in response to an idea by composer Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975).
		The work’s creator, Ninette de Valois, called the ballet her “Homage to Hogarth,” a reference to the brilliant caricaturist whose paintings inspired her choreography.
	www.vaimusic.com /VIDEO/DVD_4379_Checkmate_RakesProgress.htm (315 words)

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		Dame Ninette de Valois Members will be very interested to hear that at 11.00 a.m.
		on Tuesday 6th June a plaque commemorating Dame Ninette de Valois is to be placed on the front of her former home.
		The London Ballet Circle was formed, with Dame Ninette de Valois as Founding President, to promote interest in dance and kindred arts.
	www.londonballetcircle.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /downloads/newsletter.doc (1502 words)

	Dame Ninette de Valois -- Royal Ballet
		Born in 1898, she has witnessed -- and created -- much of the century's ongoing legacy to the art.
		Dame Ninette de Valois, or "Madam" as she is often referred to by those who have worked with her, was interviewed for The Dance Insider by Maina Gielgud.
		For the past 25 years, going to have tea with Madam, Ninette de Valois, has been a regular, I would say at least bi-annual, treat.
	www.danceinsider.com /f2006/f0127_1.html (3890 words)

	The London Ballet Circle - Promoting interest in dance and kindred arts
		Dame Ninette de VaIois OM, CH, DBE, Founder of The RoyaI Ballet, became the Founding President and First Patron of the London Ballet Circle in 1946.
		She was our inaugural speaker and throughout her long, and very busy, life she showed a keen interest in the LBC and supported us by attending our events and speaking to our members on many occasions.
		The late Dame Alicia Markova succeeded Dame Ninette as President and was our beloved Patron until her passing in 2004, while Sir Peter Wright is our President today.
	www.londonballetcircle.co.uk (551 words)

	features: National & Scottish
		Dame Ninette de Valois, Patron of the National Dance Faculty, died on 8th March, only three months before her 103rd birthday.
		We will all miss her as Patron and her encouragement of Folk Dance, a subject she felt should be part of the curriculum in all dance and educational schools.
		Dame Ninette at a party given in her honour by the National Dance Faculty
	www.istd.org /featuresjuly2001/national.html (968 words)

	iballethome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For the next sixteen years she danced with the National Ballet Company of Turkey as a leading soloist.
		At the invitation of Dame Ninette de Valois, she studied at the Royal Ballet School of London and was later sent by the Turkish National Ballet to study choreography and teaching with the Ballet der Wiener Staatsoper Austria, for one year.
		Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet
	www.iballet.com /iballetnet.htm (355 words)

	Tribute to madam [IL]: Classical Reviews- November 2001 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There is a brief chronology of Ninette de Valois’s life embracing all her ballets.
		Barry Wordsworth adds a further tribute and Noël Goodwin contributes detailed programme notes about all the ballets: their history, conception, choreography, design and stories etc. This review will concentrate only on the music (otherwise it would become too unwieldy) — all the other facets of the ballets are covered in the CD booklet notes.
		From all of this material he fashioned a patchwork of single dance movements for this de Valois ballet.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2001/Nov01/Tribute.htm (1100 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour - Timeline:Dame Ninette de Valois
		Ninette de Valois was born Edrus Stannus, but like many aspiring dancers of her day, believed she would do better with a French name.
		Moving from Ireland to England, she studied at a London theatrical school and eventually became a principal dancer with Dyagilev's Ballet Russe in 1922.
		Lilian Baylis re-opened Sadler's Wells in 1931, Ninette de Valois set up the Vic-Wells Ballet, attracting top dancers like Frederick Ashton and Margot Fonteyn.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/womanshour/timeline/ninette_de_valois.shtml (155 words)

	The South Bank Show: Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso - TV.com
		Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso
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	www.tv.com /south-bank-show/dame-ninette-de-valois--david-hockney-on-picasso/episode/259104/summary.html (118 words)

	The Benesh Institute : Chronology (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dame Ninette de Valois announced at a press conference at the Royal Opera House, the adoption by the Royal Ballet of the use of Benesh Movement Notation.
		Patrons: Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias DBE, Lord Clarke CH KCB FBA, Tamara Karsavina, Dame Ninette de Valois CH DBE, Phyllis Bedells, Sir Robert Helpmann CBE, Dame Marie Rambert DBE.
		The Benesh Institute drew up an agreement for the educational use of scores, which was signed by choreographers and score owners.
	www.benesh.org.cob-web.org:8888 /institute/chronology.html (636 words)

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