What is Henry Danton?
{{Infobox person |name = Henry Danton |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Henry David Boileau Down |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|3|30}} |birth_place = [[Bedford]], Bedfordshire, England, UK |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|2|10|1919|3|30}} |death_place = |nationality = British |known_for = Ballet |employer = [[Sadler's Wells Ballet]] |occupation = Dancer, teacher, [[ballet master]] }} '''Henry Danton''' (born '''Henry David Boileau Down'''; 30 March 1919 &ndash; 10 February 2022) was a British dancer and teacher of [[classical ballet]]. He was born in [[Bedford]], [[England]]. He worked at [[Sadler's Wells Ballet]]. In the UK, Danton performed as a soloist in the [[International Ballet]] partnering [[Mona Inglesby]] in ''[[Les Sylphides]]'' and ''[[Swan Lake]]'' 1943–44.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10679140/Ballet-in-the-Blitz-How-World-War-Two-Made-British-Ballet-BBC-Four-review.html|title=Ballet in the Blitz: How World War Two Made British Ballet, BBC Four, review|website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Danton died on 10 February 2022 at the age of 102.<ref>[https://www.roh.org.uk/news/remembering-henry-danton-19192022 Remembering Henry Danton (1919–2022)]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=D0&Dato=20130308&Kategori=FEAT&Lopenr=303080063&Ref=PH Photo gallery of Henry Danton teaching in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, aged 94.] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tbpvs Link to BBC 4 documentary Ballet in the Blitz How World War Two Made British Ballet.] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150324124811/http://www.obt.org/wyd_winter08.html OBT Principal Dancer Jon Drake discusses Henry Danton as ballet teacher and scholar.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Danton, Henry}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:British centenarians]] [[Category:British dancers]] [[Category:British teachers]] [[Cat