Rambert Dance Company
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Rambert is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it exerted a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, continues to be one of the world's most renowned dance companies. It has previously been known as the Ballet Club, and the Ballet Rambert.
The Ballet Rambert visiting an aircraft factory in Second World War Britain: Dancers from the Ballet Rambert, under the auspices of CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts). Lunchtime in the canteen. The factory workers seated at their tables watching a production of Peter and the Wolf on the stage.
Peggy van Praagh
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Dame Margaret van Praagh was a British ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, repetiteur, producer, advocate and director, who spent much of her later career in Australia.
Image: Dance scene, Peggy van Praagh, ca. 1918 (15933162131)