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Dame Ninette DE VALOIS DBE (1898-2001)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Dame Ninette de Valois, Irish-born dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the London home of dancer Frederick Ashton.
Ninette danced professionally with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in the 1920s, before establishling her own company, known as the Vic-Wells Ballet, which would, in time, become The Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century.
She also established the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School. She is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the 'godmother' of English ballet.
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