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Sir '''Anton Dolin''' was the stage name of '''Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay''' ([[27 July]][[1904]]–[[25 November]] [[1983]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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=2008-02-20}}</ref> an [[England|English]] [[ballet]] dancer and [[choreographer]]. |
Sir '''Anton Dolin''' was the stage name of '''Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay''' ([[27 July]] [[1904]]–[[25 November]] [[1983]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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=2008-02-20}}</ref> an [[England|English]] [[ballet]] dancer and [[choreographer]]. |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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Revision as of 01:13, 29 May 2009
Sir Anton Dolin was the stage name of Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay (27 July 1904–25 November 1983),[1] an English ballet dancer and choreographer.
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.
Dolin wrote several books, including the autobiography Ballet Go Round (1938) and Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art (1953). He was knighted in 1981. For many years he lived with the ballet dancer John Gilpin.
Notes
- ^ W. J. McCormack (1999). "The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture". Blackwell Publishing. p. 172. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
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
- Anton Dolin at Andros on Ballet
- Columbia Encyclopedia entry
- Concise Encyclopedia Britannica entry
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