The royal ballet continues to be a very famous ballet company to this day.
How long has it been around?
The royal ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois.
Was she a ballerina?
The Prima ballerina assoluta is the deceased Dame Margot Fonteyn.
How many dancers are currently with the royal ballet? I know that American ballets have quite a few dancers.
The Royal Ballet has about 100 dancers.
Have you seen a show before?
dancer Ninette de Valois founded the Academy of Choreographic Art, a dance school for girls. Her intention was to form a repertory ballet company and school, leading her to collaborate with the English theatrical producer and theatre owner Lilian Baylis. Baylis owned the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres and in 1925 she engaged de Valois to stage dance performances at both venues.
Sadler's Wells reopened in 1931 and the Vic-Wells Ballet and Vic-Wells Ballet School were established in premises at the theatre. These would become the
, and continues to be one of the world's most famous ballet companies to this day, generally noted for its artistic and creative values. The company employs approximately 100 dancers and has purpose built facilities within the Royal Opera House. The official associate school of the company is the Royal Ballet School, and it also has a sister company, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, which operates independently. The Prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet is the late Dame Margot Fonteyn.
History.
In 1926, the Irish-born