What is Darcey Bussell?
{{Infobox person |honorific_prefix = [[Dame]] |name = Darcey Bussell |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} |image = Darcey Bussell in 2007.jpg |caption = Bussell at a curtain call after a performance of ''[[Theme and Variations (ballet)|Theme and Variations]]'', 2007 |birth_name = Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|4|27}} |birth_place = London, England |occupation = [[List of prima ballerinas|Ballet dancer]] (active until 2007)<br>{{nowrap|''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' judge (2011–2018)}} |spouse = {{marriage|Angus Forbes|1997}} |children = 2 |parents = [[John Crittle]]<br>Andrea Williams }} '''[[Dame]] Darcey Andrea Bussell {{postnominals|country=GBR|DBE}}''' (born '''Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle'''; 27 April 1969) is a retired English [[ballerina]]. <!--Please read before editing--> <!--Do not remove her work and early year/education story--> ==Early life and education== Darcy Bussell was born in London to Australian businessman [[John Crittle]] and his English wife [[Andrea Williams]]. The couple divorced when Bussell was three years old. Her mother remarried and Bussell was adopted by her mother's new husband, Australian dentist [[Philip Bussell]]. The family spent some time in [[Australia]] where Bussell attended school before they returned to [[London]] for Bussell to be educated at [[Fox Primary School]] in [[Kensington]]. ==Works== She was a judge on the [[BBC One]] celebrity dancing show ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' from 2011 to 2018. Educated at the Art Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, Bussell began her professional career with the Royal Ballet, [[Sadler's Wells]], but only a year later moved to the Royal Ballet. This is where she became a prima ballerina in 1989 at the age of 20. She is widely known as one of the great British ballerinas. Bussell has remained with the Royal Ballet throughout her career,