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Sir Anton Dolin
	Portrait of Sir Anton Dolin by Allan Warren
Born	Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay; 27 July 1904; Slinfold, West Sussex, England
Died	25 November 1983 (aged 79); Paris, France
Occupation(s)	ballet dancer and choreographer

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Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 1904 – 25 November 1983)^[1] was an English ballet dancer and choreographer.

Biography

Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay (generally known as Patrick or Pat Kay to his friends). He was the second of three sons of Henry George Kay (1852-1922) and his wife, Helen Maude Chippendall Healey (1869-1960), from Dublin.^[2] He trained at Serafina Astafieva's school at The Pheasantry in London's King's Road.^[3] He joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921, was a principal there from 1924. It was Diaghilev who gave Patrick his stage name: at that time the most powerful impresario in world ballet, Diaghilev 'russified' names of his star dancers to keep up the tradition of his company.^[4]

In the 1930s, Dolin was a principal with the Vic-Wells Ballet. There he danced with Alicia Markova, with whom he went on to found the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the London Festival Ballet. In 1933, he spotted Vera Zorina and introduced her to Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1934.^[5]

He joined Ballet Theatre when it was formed in 1940 and remained there as a dancer and choreographer until 1946.^[6]

Dolin wrote several books, including his "reminiscences" in Divertissement (1931), the autobiography Ballet Go Round (1938) and Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art (1953).^[7] He was knighted in 1981. He is featured in the documentary film A Portrait of Giselle.^{[citation needed]}

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in April 1978 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at London's Royal Academy of Dance.^{[citation needed]}

Upon Dolin's death, dancers Jelko Yuresha and Belinda Wright inherited the rights to his choreography of Giselle, Pas de Quatre, and his acclaimed original ballet, Variations for Four. Yuresha and Wright danced—and later staged—productions of these ballets with dance companies around the world, designing original costumes and sets for those performances.^[8] In 2017, Yuresha (rights holder) and Philip Ronald Kay (Dolin's nephew and heir) founded the Sir Anton Dolin Foundation in Berlin, Germany with the aim of protecting Dolin's legacy. Since then, all rights to Dolin's works are the property of the Sir Anton Dolin Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1929	Dark Red Roses	Dancer	Uncredited
1930	Alf's Button
1934	Forbidden Territory	Jack Straw
1935	Invitation to the Waltz	Chief Dancer
1945	A Song for Miss Julie	Himself – Ballet Dancer
1953	Never Let Me Go	Marya's Partner	Uncredited
1974	The Girl from Petrovka	Ignatievitch
1980	Nijinsky	Maestro Cecchetti

References

^ W. J. McCormack (1999). The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Blackwell Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 9780631228172. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
^ "Dolin, Sir Anton [real name Sydney Francis Patrick Chippindall Healey Kay]". Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31040.
^ Decharne, Max. (2005) King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 23; ISBN 0297847694
^ Nechaev 2022.
^ "Vera Zorina". The Guardian. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Choreographers: Anton Dolin". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ Dolin, Anton (1953). Alicia Markova: her life and art. New York: Hermitage House. OCLC 300631658.
^ Schopf, Davor (2011). Yuresha – Visions and Dreams. Zagreb: Hilarion. p. 8. ISBN 978-953-56634-0-9.

Sources

Dolin, Anton (1960). Anton Dolin: autobiography. London: Oldbourne. OCLC 220952622.
Dolin, Anton (1985). Last words: a final autobiography. London: Century. ISBN 9780712607292.
Dolin, Anton (1953). Markova: her life and art. London: W.H. Allen. OCLC 3290257.
Hall, Alfred George, ed. (1957). Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin: a legend of British ballet : a collection of portraits. London: Hall Publications. OCLC 7643659.
Simpson, Jane (30 September 1997). "Legends: Anton Dolin". Balletco Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010.
Nechaev, S. (2022). Русская Италия [Russian Italy] (in Russian). Argumenti Nedeli Publishing House. ISBN 9785045190206.

External links

The Anton Dolin Cuttings Books are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.
Sir Anton Dolin Foundation

[1] W. J. McCormack (1999). The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Blackwell Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 9780631228172. Retrieved 20 February 2008.

[2] "Dolin, Sir Anton [real name Sydney Francis Patrick Chippindall Healey Kay]". Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31040.

[Dech-3] Decharne, Max. (2005) King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 23; ISBN 0297847694

[FOOTNOTENechaev2022-4] Nechaev 2022.

[5] "Vera Zorina". The Guardian. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[6] "Choreographers: Anton Dolin". American Ballet Theatre. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[7] Dolin, Anton (1953). Alicia Markova: her life and art. New York: Hermitage House. OCLC 300631658.

[8] Schopf, Davor (2011). Yuresha – Visions and Dreams. Zagreb: Hilarion. p. 8. ISBN 978-953-56634-0-9.

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+| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
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 | caption     = Portrait of Sir Anton Dolin by [[Allan Warren]]
 | birth_date  = 27 July 1904
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+| birth_place = [[Slinfold]], [[West Sussex]], England
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 | death_place = Paris, France
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+|birth_name=Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay}}
-}}
-'''Sir Anton Dolin''' (27 July 1904{{spaced ndash}}25 November 1983)<ref>
+'''Sir Anton Dolin''' (27 July 1904{{spaced ndash}}25 November 1983)<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ANgdh-3cMowC | title = The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture | author = W. J. McCormack | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | date = 1999  | pages = 172  | access-date =20 February 2008 | isbn = 9780631228172  }}
-  {{cite book
-  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ANgdh-3cMowC
-  | title = The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture
-  | author = W. J. McCormack
-  | publisher = Blackwell Publishing
-  | date = 1999
-  | pages = 172
-  | accessdate =20 February 2008
-  }}
 </ref> was an English ballet dancer and choreographer.
 ==Biography==
 [[File:Anton Dolin.jpg|thumb|right|Dolin in ''The Prodigal Son'', [[Original Ballet Russe|Ballets Russes]], during the Australian Tour of 1939]]
-Dolin was born in [[Slinfold]] in Sussex as '''Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay''' but was generally known as '''Patrick Kay'''. He trained at [[Serafina Astafieva|Serafina Astafieva's]] school at [[The Pheasantry]] in London's [[King's Road]].<ref name=Dech>Decharne, Max. (2005) ''King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World''. London: [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]], p. 23. {{ISBN|0297847694}}</ref> He joined [[Sergei 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]].
+Dolin was born in [[Slinfold]] in Sussex as '''Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay''' (generally known as Patrick or Pat Kay to his friends). He was the second of three sons of [[Henry Kay|Henry George Kay]] (1852-1922) and his wife, Helen Maude Chippendall Healey (1869-1960), from Dublin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dolin, Sir Anton [real name Sydney Francis Patrick Chippindall Healey Kay] |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31040 }}</ref> He trained at [[Serafina Astafieva|Serafina Astafieva's]] school at [[The Pheasantry]] in London's [[King's Road]].<ref name=Dech>Decharne, Max. (2005) ''King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World''. London: [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]], p. 23; {{ISBN|0297847694}}</ref> He joined [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]] in 1921, was a principal there from 1924. It was Diaghilev who gave Patrick his stage name: at that time the most powerful impresario in world ballet, Diaghilev 'russified' names of his star dancers to keep up the tradition of his company.{{sfn|Nechaev|2022}}
+In the 1930s, Dolin was a principal with the [[Vic-Wells Ballet]]. There he danced with [[Alicia Markova]], with whom he went on to found the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the [[London Festival Ballet]]. In 1933, he spotted [[Vera Zorina]] and introduced her to Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1934.<ref>{{cite web
-He joined [[Ballet Theatre]] when it was formed in 1940 and remained there as a dancer and choreographer until 1946.<ref>
+ |language      = en
-  {{cite web
+ |url         = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title       =Vera Zorina
-  | url = http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/dolin_a.html
+ |work   = The Guardian
-  | title = Choreographers: Anton Dolin
+ |date        = 5 May 2003
-  | publisher = American Ballet Theatre
-  | accessdate =16 February 2012
+ |accessdate  = 27 December 2022}}</ref>
-  }}
-</ref>
+He joined [[Ballet Theatre]] when it was formed in 1940 and remained there as a dancer and choreographer until 1946.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/dolin_a.html| title = Choreographers: Anton Dolin| publisher = American Ballet Theatre| access-date = 16 February 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120528022810/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/dolin_a.html| archive-date = 28 May 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref>
-Dolin wrote several books, including the autobiography ''Ballet Go Round'' (1938) and ''Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art'' (1953).<ref>
-  {{cite book
-  | title = Alicia Markova: her life and art
-  | author = Dolin, Anton
-  | publisher = Hermitage House
-  | location = New York
-  | year = 1953
-  | oclc = 300631658
-  | url = https://archive.org/details/aliciamarkovaher010115mbp
-  }}
-</ref>  He was [[knight]]ed in 1981. He is featured in the documentary film ''[[A Portrait of Giselle]]''.
+Dolin wrote several books, including his "reminiscences" in Divertissement (1931), the autobiography ''Ballet Go Round'' (1938) and ''Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art'' (1953).<ref>{{cite book| title = Alicia Markova: her life and art| author = Dolin, Anton| publisher = Hermitage House| location = New York| year = 1953| oclc = 300631658| url = https://archive.org/details/aliciamarkovaher010115mbp}}</ref>
-He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in April 1978 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's Royal Academy of Dance.
+He was [[knight]]ed in 1981. He is featured in the documentary film ''[[A Portrait of Giselle]]''.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
+He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in April 1978 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's Royal Academy of Dance.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
-Upon Dolin’s death, dancers [[Jelko Yuresha]] and [[Belinda_Wright_(dancer)|Belinda Wright]]  inherited the rights to his choreography of ''Giselle'', ''Pas de Quatre'', and his acclaimed original ballet, ''Variations for Four''. Yuresha and Wright danced--and later staged--productions of these ballets with dance companies around the world, designing original costumes and sets for those performances.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yuresha - Visions and Dreams |first=Davor |last=Schopf |year=2011 |publisher=Zagreb: Hilarion |page=8 |isbn=978-953-56634-0-9 |postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
+Upon Dolin's death, dancers [[Jelko Yuresha]] and [[Belinda Wright (dancer)|Belinda Wright]] inherited the rights to his choreography of ''Giselle'', ''Pas de Quatre'', and his acclaimed original ballet, ''Variations for Four''. Yuresha and Wright danced—and later staged—productions of these ballets with dance companies around the world, designing original costumes and sets for those performances.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yuresha – Visions and Dreams |first=Davor |last=Schopf |year=2011 |publisher=Zagreb: Hilarion |page=8 |isbn=978-953-56634-0-9 }}</ref> In 2017, Yuresha (rights holder) and Philip Ronald Kay (Dolin's nephew and heir) founded the Sir Anton Dolin Foundation in [[Berlin, Germany]] with the aim of protecting Dolin's legacy. Since then, all rights to Dolin's works are the property of the Sir Anton Dolin Foundation.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
-==Selected filmography==
-* ''[[Alf's Button (1930 film)|Alf's Button]]'' (1930)
+==Filmography==
-* ''[[Forbidden Territory]]'' (1934)
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
-* ''[[Invitation to the Waltz (film)|Invitation to the Waltz]]'' (1935)
+! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
+|-
+! Year
+! Title
+! Role
+! Notes
+|-
+|1929|| ''[[Dark Red Roses]]'' || Dancer || Uncredited
+|-
+|1930|| ''[[Alf's Button (1930 film)|Alf's Button]]'' || ||
+|-
+|1934|| ''[[Forbidden Territory]]'' || Jack Straw ||
+|-
+|1935|| ''[[Invitation to the Waltz (film)|Invitation to the Waltz]]'' || Chief Dancer ||
+|-
+|1945|| ''[[A Song for Miss Julie]]'' || Himself – Ballet Dancer ||
+|-
+|1953|| ''[[Never Let Me Go (1953 film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' || Marya's Partner || Uncredited
+|-
+|1974|| ''[[The Girl from Petrovka]]'' || Ignatievitch ||
+|-
+|1980|| ''[[Nijinsky (film)|Nijinsky]]'' || Maestro Cecchetti ||
+|}
 ==References==
@@ Line 62: / Line 67: @@
 ==Sources==
 * {{cite book |title = Anton Dolin: autobiography | author = Dolin, Anton | location = London | publisher = Oldbourne | year = 1960|oclc=220952622}}
-* {{cite book | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1557769 | title = Last words: a final autobiography | author = Dolin, Anton | location = London | publisher = Century | year = 1985|isbn=9780712607292}}
+* {{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/lastwordsfinalau0000doli | title = Last words: a final autobiography | author = Dolin, Anton | location = London | publisher = Century | year = 1985 | isbn = 9780712607292 | url-access = registration }}
 * {{cite book | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2177441 | title = Markova: her life and art | author = Dolin, Anton | location = London | publisher = W.H. Allen | year = 1953|oclc=3290257}}
 * {{cite book | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1707594 | title = Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin: a legend of British ballet : a collection of portraits | editor = Hall, Alfred George | location = London | publisher = Hall Publications | year = 1957|oclc=7643659}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/old/legend_js_anton_dolin.htm |title=Legends: Anton Dolin |work=Balletco Magazine |author=Simpson, Jane |date=30 September 1997 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909005357/http://www.ballet.co.uk/old/legend_js_anton_dolin.htm |archivedate=9 September 2010 }}
+* {{cite web|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/old/legend_js_anton_dolin.htm |title=Legends: Anton Dolin |work=Balletco Magazine |author=Simpson, Jane |date=30 September 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909005357/http://www.ballet.co.uk/old/legend_js_anton_dolin.htm |archive-date=9 September 2010 }}
+*{{cite book
+ |last=Nechaev
+ |first=S.
+ |year=2022
+ |title=Русская Италия
+|language=ru
+|trans-title=Russian Italy
+ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EakEAAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2+%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD+%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA&pg=PT202
+ |publisher=Argumenti Nedeli Publishing House
+|isbn=9785045190206
+ }}
 ==External links==
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 *[http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11855452 National Library of Australia photographs]
 *[http://images.google.com.au/images?q=Anton+Dolin&hl=en Images of Anton Dolin]
-*[http://michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?dolin_anton Anton Dolin at Andros on Ballet]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070315230636/http://www.michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?dolin_anton Anton Dolin at Andros on Ballet]
 {{col-2}}
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080113124429/http://www.bartleby.com/65/do/Dolin-An.html Columbia Encyclopedia entry]
 *[http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9362923/Sir-Anton-Dolin Concise Encyclopædia Britannica entry]
-*[http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/501.html Australia Dancing – Dolin, Anton (1904–1983)]
+*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110123024328/http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/501.html Australia Dancing – Dolin, Anton (1904–1983)]}}
 {{col-end}}
 *The [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/11 Anton Dolin] [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/12 Cuttings Books] are held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department.
+*[https://antondolin.org Sir Anton Dolin Foundation]
-* [http://www.bigredbook.info/anton_dolin.html Anton Dolin's appearance on This Is Your Life]
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 [[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
 [[Category:Rambert Dance Company dancers]]
+[[Category:English autobiographers]]
+[[Category:People from Slinfold]]
+[[Category:Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
-{{Ballet-bio-stub}}

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