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		Ninette de Valois was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1898.
		With dancers from the school de Valois established the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1931 (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.
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		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”.
		De Valois accepted her terms and never wavered in her gratitude for the faith Baylis had in her and for the support she gave.
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	Ninette de Valois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dame Ninette de Valois, OM (June 6, 1898 – March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet.
		Under de Valois' direction this company grew to became the "Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company" then split to become the "Birmingham Royal Ballet" and Covent Garden's "Royal Ballet".
		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.
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	Valois, Dame Ninette de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.
		NINETTE - A WOMAN OF VISION; Richard Edmonds talks to Dame Ninette de Valois, who created the first British ballet company.
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	Ninette de Valois -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 - March 8, 2001) was the (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish founder of (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London's renowned (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Ballet) Royal Ballet.
		She retired in 1926 at age 28 in order to promote (A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers) ballet throughout (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe.
		De Valois was awarded the (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French (Click link for more info and facts about Légion d'honneur) Légion d'honneur in 1950, and was made (A woman of refinement) Dame of the (The people of Great Britain) British Empire in 1951.
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		The founder of the British Kingdom Ballet, Dame Ninette de Valois was invited to Turkey in 1947.
		Dame Ninette de Valois who is the founder of the Turkish ballet as well as the founder of the British ballet, explains in her memories of her attempts to begin ballet in Turkey, "Everybody in England likened my struggle to the tales of 1001 nights.
		Dame Ninette de Valois while interested closely in the schedule of the conservatory, on the other hand was bringing up skilled dancers, choreographers, teachers and managers for the state ballet to develop between the dates of 1947 and 1974.
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		De Valois was a pert, gifted and (perhaps most important) determined lady who had three distinguished careers.
		For the rest of her life, she was Ninette de Valois, although when she ran the Royal Ballet she was called - and addressed somewhat reverentially by everyone as - "Madam".
		In that year, de Valois choreographed The Rake’s Progress, which was her masterpiece and was, in fact, the first authentically English ballet created for the company.
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		Ninette de Valois was the stage name of Edris Stannus, born into an Anglo-Irish military family in County Wicklow, Ireland, on June 6, 1898.
		De Valois was head of the growing ballet school in those years and continued working with it until 1971.
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		When in1963 the founder Dame Ninette de Valois finally ‘stood aside’, Ashton was the natural successor as Director, for it was his choreographic style that was the first to shape the Company.
		Ninette de Valois was a wonderfully vigorous young woman with a colossal belief in the possibility of building a national ballet company out of nothing.
		Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, died in March last year at the age of 102.
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		Valois, Dame Ninette de, professional name of Edris Stannus (1898-2001), English dancer and choreographer, and noted founder of the Royal Ballet....
		The Royal Ballet was founded in 1931, originating from a school opened by Ninette de Valois in London...
		The Sadler’s Wells Theatre was then rebuilt through the influence of Lilian Baylis, and reopened in 1931 with an alternating programme of drama and...
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	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 established the Academy of Choreographic Art in 1926 and was engaged to arrange dances at the Old Vic.
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	Dance Magazine: The mother of British ballet: the founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, still a formidable presence at the ...
		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.
		De Valois continued indefatigably to direct, teach, and choreograph numerous new works, not only in London but in theaters in Cambridge and Dublin, where she worked with the poet William Butler Yeats.
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	Dance Magazine: Yes, yes, Ninette - Ninette de Valois celebrates her 100th birthday - Column
		Ninette de Valois was one hundred years old on June 6.
		Dame Ninette de Valois, O.M., C.H., D.B.E., Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, D.Mus., D.Lit.), born in the Irish village of Baltiboys, near Blessingham, County Wicklow, Ireland, came in.
		And de Valois, like Balanchine and, for that matter, Massine and Lifar, was one of the pioneers who followed in his wake and virtually created the growth pattern that dance was to follow after his death in 1929.
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	PeoplePlay UK - Ninette de Valois in Douanes
		This is Ninette de Valois striking a pose in the comic ballet Douanes (Customs), which she choreographed in 1932.
		Ninette de Valois is probably the single most important figure in British ballet.
		In 1926 de Valois’ school and students moved to Lilian Baylis’s Old Vic to appear in the opera ballets.
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	AllRefer.com - Dame Ninette de Valois (Dance, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		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).
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	BBC News \| UK \| Madam takes her final bow
		Ninette de Valois was a leading dancer in London before joining Diaghilev's Ballet Russe in 1923.
		Ninette de Valois choreographed more than 100 works, including one acknowledged masterpiece called Job which has been described as the first completely English ballet.
		After the war, Ninette de Valois was appointed a Dame of the British Empire and five years later, her company was granted a royal charter.
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	Two Typed Letters Signed ("Ninette de Valois") to Councillor H. Hepburn Reid, Mayor of Colchester, in each case ...
		Two Typed Letters Signed ("Ninette de Valois") to Councillor H. Hepburn Reid, Mayor of Colchester, in each case regretting that she cannot attend the annual Oyster Festival on either its original or...
		Two Typed Letters Signed ("Ninette de Valois") to Councillor H. Hepburn Reid, Mayor of Colchester, in each case regretting that she cannot attend the annual Oyster Festival on either its original or revised dates.
		Ninette de Valois, a formidable personality who virtually single-handedly created British ballet, was also unfailingly polite.
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	De Valois, Ninette -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		De Valois was born Edris Stannus on June 6, 1898, in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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	RTE.ie Entertainment - Dame Ninette de Valois dies in London
		Tributes have been paid to the founder of the Royal Ballet, Dame Ninette de Valois, who died in London today at the age of 102.
		Born in the village of Baltiboys in County Wicklow, she dominated British dance in the 20th Century as a dancer, choreographer and teacher.
		She is credited with discovering a host of stars including Margot Fonteyn, Dame Ninette de Valois retired in 1964 and was named Life Governor of the Royal Ballet.
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	Ninette de Valois (1898 - 2001) - founder of the Royal Ballet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, died at the age of 102.
		Her mother thought her daughter was very talented and changed her name from Edris Stannus to a French name, Ninette de Valois.
		Ninette de Valois was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1950, the Erasmus Prize in 1974, The Society of West End Theatre Special Award in 1992, Dance Magazine Award in 1996, and in 1980 Queen Elizabeth II made her a member of the Companions of Honor, for those who have done "conspicuous national ser
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	Encyclopedia: Ninette de Valois
		Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 â“ March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet.
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		Lilian Baylis (May 9, 1874 - November 25, 1937) was a British theatrical producer and manager and the founder of a ballet company.
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	de Valois, Dame Ninette -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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		Irish dancer and choreographer Ninette de Valois was the founder of the company that in October 1956 became the Royal Ballet.
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		In 1948, Dame Ninette de Valois, the well-known choreographer and founder of the British Royal Ballet, was invited by the Turkish Government to come to Turkey to research the possibility of setting up a ballet school as a part of the State Conservatory of Music and Drama.
		The ballet department run by Dame Ninette de Valois was modelled according to that of the Sadler's Wells School in London.
		The ballet, called Çeþmebaþý which translates as, "At the Fountain" referring to the fountain found in the centre of the village square of every Turkish village was the first large scale attempt to create a ballet with music composed by a Turkish musician, which had elements of Turkish folk dance music.
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