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  Darcey Bussell
Darcey won a prize to join a summer school with the Monte Carlo Ballet, which is where, in class when she was just 16, she met Nureyev for the first time.
Darcey was promoted to Principal at the end of the show on the First Night and henceforth life was not so nerve-racking for her at the Royal Ballet although it was strange to be made Principal so quickly.
Darcey said that she had been apprehensive since Ashton’s choreography is not ‘her style’ but she felt that it was one of the best roles she had ever done.
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 Darcey Bussell
Darcey injured her ankle during the ballet's premiere and the principal ballerina for the Royal Ballet is hoping that her ankle will recover soon.
Darcey Bussell is in the enviable position of having self-control over her body and self-restraint with her wallet.
Darcey Bussell was born in London, she began ballet at the late age of thirteen.
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 Darcey Bussell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darcey Bussell CBE (born London; April 27, 1969) is an English ballerina.
Bussell was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995, and was raised to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.
Bussell has been married since 1997 to Angus Forbes, an Australian banker.
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 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Darcey Bussell: Ballet superstar
Bussell joined White Lodge in Richmond at the relatively late age of 13.
There are no stories of Bussell tantrums, although she is the Royal Ballet's golden girl and is adored by people who would not dream of ever going to the ballet.
Bussell was estranged from her natural father John Crittle, an Australian who left her mother when Bussell was six and who died earlier this year.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | CBE for ballet's Darcey Bussell
Bussell has also turned up in the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair, and she has modelled clothes for Mulberry and Bruce Oldfield.
Last year Bussell announced she was stepping down as a principal with the Royal Ballet, but would continue to perform with the company as a guest artist.
Bussell is married to banker Angus Forbes and together they have two daughters, Phoebe, five, and Zoe, two.
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 Newsvine - Darcey Bussell: A leap into the unknown
Bussell is the outstanding British ballerina of her generation.
Bussell went against the grain: tall and athletic, with a bounding jump, more at home with movement than with acting.
In person, Bussell is friendly and conscientious, thinking over the questions or exclaiming as she answers them.
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 B.co Interview with Darcey Bussell, RB Principal
Since 1989 when she was created the Royal Ballet's youngest principal dancer at 20 years old, Bussell with her endless limbs and dark beauty, has epitomised every little girl's ambition to be the adored centre of attention as she gracefully accepts standing ovations among banks of flowers.
Bussell's recovery took a year, a twelve months absence which she started and finished, effortlessly fitting into her regular size 6 wardrobe of clothes, but which also, at her age, could have precipitated the end of her career.
Darcey Bussell was born in west London to Andrea a model and former dancer, and Australian fashion designer, John Crittle who ran the Dandy Boutique in Carnaby Street, selling extravagant apparel to the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
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 DANCE REVIEW; In Darcey Bussell's 'Swan Lake,' Time Is Savored - New York Times
Bussell, a 25-year-old ballerina with Britain's Royal Ballet, triumphed as her golden-girl self.
Bussell the gift of a slower, lyric tempo that allowed her to show off her unfolding line in this adagio and the legato of her dancing in her solo.
Bussell looked too studied in the Royal Ballet's own "Swan Lake." She has come a long way, and very possibly, her welcome appearances at the City Ballet have given her a new freedom.
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 Darcey Andrea Bussell
Darcey Andrea Bussell was born in London on the 27
Darcey Bussell graduated to the Upper School in 1985 and stayed there two years participating in the school performances in 1986 and 1987 at Covent Garden.
In 1991 Darcey Bussell received the Variety Club of Great Britain's Sir James Garreras Award for the most promising newcomer of 1990 and was a joint winner of the Cosmopolitan Achievement Award in the Performing Arts Category.
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 Darcey Bussell Feature
Catch them as Romeo and Juliet - Darcey is one of the first tall ballerinas to dance the MacMillan version and their balcony scene is wonderfully passionate.
Darcey has an image as the "nice" girl of the Royal Ballet and many people have difficulty with her performances in seamier roles.
She and Zelensky danced Manon together for the first time in the summer and were not received with universal approval.
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 Darcey Bussell & Igor Zelensky | Theatre & Comedy | This is London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Darcey Bussell said she was winding down from The Royal Ballet, you could hear the wailing across London.
Still, Bussell said she'd appear at Covent Garden from time to time, which she does, and there were hints of freelance gigs with old friends and dancing partners.
Bussell and Zelensky have danced together for years, only instead of the upbeat, team mood of the publicity snaps, the evening felt unbalanced and the pair detached, with Zelensky going from moody to gloomy and Bussell dancing with her lights dimmed.
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 Ballerina Darcey Bussell
Darcey Bussell was born in London and attended the Arts Educational School studying all forms of stagecraft.
The late Kenneth MacMillan had noticed Darcey's exceptional technique while she was still a student, and cast her in the principal role of his ballet Concerto for the 1986 School performance.
Gordon King was commissioned to paint 3 studies of Darcey to produce limited edition prints where part of the proceeds would go to the Alzheimer's charity.
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 ballet.co RB Principals
Darcey Bussell is away for the whole of this season, on maternity leave.
This was illustrated by last years performance of Wheeldon's Tryst (with Bussell) which showed off his beautifully understated support for his partner, and by the role Bintley made or him in the summer pas de deux from Les Saisons - again seemingly effortless partnering.
Her gently unassertive style suits her better for roles like Giselle than for the more dramatic repertory, though she did have a success in Manon last season, especially on the night she was called in from home to finish the show when Cojocaru was injured in the first act.
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 Darcey Bussell - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Darcey Bussell is a Principal dancer with the Royal Ballet.
She won the Prix de Lausanne in 1986 and was awarded an OBE in 1995.
Darcey is married with two children and lives in London.
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 Countrybookshop.co.uk - Darcey Bussell's Favourite Ballet Stories
Darcey Bussell, one of Britain's most famous ballerinas, has put together a collection of her favourite stories for budding ballerinas everywhere.
Darcey has danced scores of leading roles in both classical and contemporary ballet, including title roles in Manon and Romeo and Juliet, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
Darcey Bussell, everyone's favourite ballerina has put together a collection of her favourite ballet stories that will delight budding ballerinas everywhere.
www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/?whatfor=0099417596   (281 words)

  
 Darcey Bussell & Igor Zelensky - Sadler's Wells - November / December 2006
Darcey Bussell is one of the most recognised faces of ballet.
She is joined at Sadler’s Wells by the renowned Igor Zelensky, principal of the Kirov Ballet, and a long term partner of Bussell at The Royal Ballet.
Bussell will also perform a new solo by Alastair Marriott, whose recent Tanglewood for The Royal Ballet was met with great acclaim.
www.sadlerswells.com /whats_on/2006_2007/darcey.asp   (437 words)

  
 PlaybillArts: News: Royal Ballet Ballerina Darcey Bussell Announces Retirement From Full-Time Career
Darcey Bussell, a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, has announced that her full-time career will end with the 2006 season.
Bussell said, in a statement, “Making the decision to cease being a principal of the Royal Ballet has not been easy for me. I am devoted to the company and always will be.
Bussell joined the Royal Ballet in 1987, and became the company’s youngest principal dancer at 20.
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 londondance.com : Darcey Bussell receives CBE
Darcey Bussell was awarded a CBE in the Queens Birthday Honours – announced on Saturday.
Darcey Bussell has danced with the Royal Ballet since 1998 – becoming the youngest every principal at the age of 20.
Last year she announced she was stepping down as a principal with the Royal Ballet, but would continue to perform with the company as a guest artist.
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 Darcey Bussell - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Darcey Bussell CBE (Londres; 27 de abril de 1969) es una ballerina inglesa.
Bussell recibió una orden de Oficial del Imperio Británica (OBE) en 1995, y fue ascendida a Comandante del Imperio Británico (CBE) el 17 de junio de 2006.
Bussell está casada desde 1997 con Angus Forbes, un banquero australiano.
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 The Unofficial Darcey Bussell Page - Biography
To command the stage, to know that rescue of a lacklustre evening depended on her, and to rise to the challenge - that was to honour de Valois's challenge to Britain.
: "It was left to Darcey Bussell to fulfill the ballet's eastern promise with her arch little stampings and handclaps, and a sensuous, almost languid drag in the body."
On Sunday the 1st of April 2001 news of Darcey's upcoming starring role in the latest Bond movie was released on her Official Site and on the Ballet.Co website.
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 londondance.com : Darcey Bussell to retire
Probably the best known and most popular ballet dancer in the UK Darcey Bussell is now thirty six and had always said she’d retire at thirty five.
Tony Hall, Chief Executive said: ‘Darcey Bussell’s name is synonymous with that of The Royal Ballet.
Darcey is a superb artist and role model and we all love having her here.
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 Darcey Bussell homepage
And although having been in the lime light for some time, she is still quite young (her rival, Sylvie Guillem, being ten years older).
Darcey's forte is in the classical ballet, and some would argue that she is fixed in this type of role, however she does play it at the highest of levels.
To find out about her performances, go to the Royal Ballet homepage at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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 Guardian | In praise of ... Darcey Bussell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Britain's favourite ballerina wasn't shown dancing in the full length ballet Sylvia or performing in a Covent Garden gala in aid of tsunami relief, she was the subject of a BBC2 documentary.
And when she wasn't on the television screen, there she was on the radio, talking to Michael Buerk about the work-life balance involved in being both a dance legend and a mother of two.
It hardly seems possible that the only household name in British ballet since Margot Fonteyn should already be so close to the end of her 19-season career but, though it hurts to lose her, she is right to quit at the top, with her status as a national treasure undimmed.
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 RoyalOperaHouse - Press Archive - 13.10.05 - Darcey Bussell to become Principal Guest Artist
Darcey Bussell said: 'Making the decision to cease being a Principal of The Royal Ballet has not been easy for me. I am devoted to the Company and always will be.
The late Kenneth MacMillan had noticed Bussell's exceptional technique while she was still a student and cast her in the principal role of his ballet Concerto for the 1986 School performance.
A South Bank Show documentary on Bussell and her fellow principal Viviana Durante was broadcast in October 1992 and she has been seen in numerous televised galas around the world.
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 Darcey Bussell
On leaving the Royal Ballet School, Darcey had the role of Princess Rose in 'Prince of the Pagodas', created for her by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Masha in his 'Winter Dreams'.
Darcey has toured worldwide and performed with the New York City Ballet, the Kirov, the Australian Ballet and the Paris Opera.
Darcey won the Prix de Lausanne in 1996, joined SWRB in 1987, and moved to The Royal Ballet as First Soloist then Principal in 1989.
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 Reigning queen at the Royal Ballet - principal ballerina Darcey Bussell - Cover Story Dance Magazine - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There was a ner Darcey on board, Royal Ballet's twenty-five-year-old Darcey Bussell (rhymes with rustle), who was dancing with NYCB for only five performances.
But there was Bussell, with her amazing, loosehipped arabesque and luxuriously long legs, amplifying the well-known steps so that they appeared at once familiar and utterly new.
Partnered by Robert Lyon, she stepped joyously onstage for the Second Movement of Symphony in C looking as if there was no place in the world she would rather be.
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