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Encyclopedia > Anton Dolin

Anton Dolin was the stage name of Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay (19041983), an English ballet dancer and choreographer. 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ...


Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex. He joined Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921, was a principal there from 1924, and was a principal with the Vic-Wells Ballet in the 1930s. There he danced with Alicia Markova, with whom he went on to found the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the London Festival Ballet. Sussex as a traditional county. ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ... The ballet company Ballets Russes created a sensation in Western Europe in the early years of the 20th century, due to the great vitality of Russian ballet, as compared with what was current in France at the time. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Dame Alicia Markova (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English prima ballerina. ...


Dolin wrote several books, including the autobiography Ballet Go Round (1938) and Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art (1953). He was knighted in 1981. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


References

  • Anton Dolin: autobiography / Anton Dolin
  • Last words: a final autobiography / Anton Dolin
  • Markova: her life and art / Anton Dolin
  • Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin: a legend of British ballet : a collection of portraits / with foreword by Peter Williams

External links

  • Photographs of Anton Dolin and others in ballet performances - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
  • Images of Anton Dolin

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Termpapers on Sir Anton Dolin (177 words)
Sir Anton Dolin Dancer and choreographer Anton Dolin has been called “one of the most colorful and vital figures in modern ballet.”; As a member of internationally known ballet companies or as director of his own troupes, this British-born artist has toured Europe and America for the past twenty years.
Anton Dolin, originally Patrick Healey-Kay, was born on July 27, 1904, in Slinfold, Sussex, England.
Dolin was knighted in 1981 and died in 1983, in Paris.
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