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Born in England, Anton
Dolin was trained by the
notable Russian teachers
Serafima Astafieva and
Bronislava Nijinska.
Dolin began his ballet
career in 1921 in the
corps de ballet of Sergey
Diaghilev's Ballets
Russes. As a soloist with
Diaghilev's company,
he created the leading
role in Nijinska's
Train Bleu.
Dolin was considered to
be one of the finest
partners of his time and
frequently partnered
Alicia Markova. He
eventually danced
leading roles in
numerous classical
ballets but was also
noted for such creations
as Satan in Ninette
de Valois's Job and
the title role in Michel
Fokine's
Bluebeard.
Active in the formation
of many companies,
Dolin helped establish
the Camargo Society,
whose productions
greatly influenced British
ballet, and he danced
leading roles in the first
productions of the
Vic-Wells Ballet (now
the Royal Ballet). He
joined Ballet
Theatre(now American
Ballet Theatre) at its
inception in 1940,
remaining until 1946 as a
dancer and
choreographer. He was
also director and principal
male dancer of the
Markova-Dolin companies.
In 1949 he and Markova
founded another company
that in 1950 became
London's Festival Ballet;
there Dolin was premier
danseur and artistic director
until 1961. He then
organized and toured with
the troupe Stars of the
Ballet, worked as
choreographer and director
of the Rome Opera Ballet,
and served as artistic adviser
to Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens.
As a choreographer Dolin
restaged Swan Lake,
Giselle, and the last act
of The Sleeping
Beauty, which he
presented alone as
Princess Aurora.
Dolin is particularly noted for
his reconstruction of Jules
Perrot's classical
divertissement, Pas de
Quatre. His many books
on the dance include
Ballet Go Round, Pas de
Deux: the Art of Partnering,
Alicia Markova,
Autobiography, and
The Sleeping Ballerina:
The Story of Olga
Spessivtzeva. In 1980 he
played the part of the teacher
Cecchetti in the motion
picture
Nijinsky.
Dolin was knighted in 1981
and died in 1983, in
Paris. |
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