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.
, 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
List of performances by Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn, DBE (18 May 1919 – 21 February 1991), stage name of Margaret Evelyn de Arias, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth. She joined the Vic-Wells Ballet School at the age of 14 and from 1935 was the prima ballerina of the company, which would later be called the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet.