"of her life. Suspected of protecting her husband, she was interrogated by the Gestapo, but in spite of intense questioning, Margaret succeeded in not divulging his whereabouts. François Truffaut's film ""The Last Metro"" is inspired by this event in the life of Margaret Kelly and her husband. After the war, Margaret began a fruitful collaboration with Donn Arden, the American choreographer and producer, to produce shows at the Paris Lido. While beginning with a modest contract in 1947, the Bluebell Girls quickly became the sole stars of the Lido shows and gained notoriety locally and nationally. Their shows were different"
"were licensed by the French government. The first ballet dance academy was the Académie Royale de Danse (Royal Dance Academy), opened in Paris in 1661. Shortly thereafter, the first institutionalized ballet troupe, associated with the Academy, was formed; this troupe began as an all-male ensemble but by 1681 opened to include women as well. 20th century concert dance brought an explosion of innovation in dance style characterized by an exploration of freer technique. Early pioneers of what became known as modern dance include Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman and Ruth St. Denis. The relationship of music to dance serves"
"at The Lido de Paris) and usually has some particularly spectacular costumes. Among the last of its kind, the Lido has a special place in the history of nightclubs and floorshows and continues a tradition of the ""naughty but nice"" opulent production shows originally started by The Follies Bergeres. Founded by Margaret Kelly, also known as Miss Bluebell, the dancers of the Lido are known as the Bluebell Girls. Until her retirement in 1986, each dancer was hand-selected by Kelly. Then the dancers were under the direction of Pierre Rambert until his retirement in Dec 2014. According to the Forbes,"
"exception being Cléo de Mérode (1875–1966) who left the Paris Opera to perform at the Folies Bergère. The major choreographer was Algerian-born Mariquita (1830–1922) who became ballet director at the Folies Bergère and the Opéra Comique. Stars of the period included the Spanish La Belle Otero from Galicia who gained fame at Charles Franconi's Cirque d'été in 1890, Émilienne d’Alençon (1869–1946) who danced at the Folies Bergère, and Dutch-born Mata Hari (1876–1917) who from 1905 became famous for her Indonesian-inspired temple dance, first in Paris and then in other European capitals. La Goulue (1866–1929) is remembered for dancing the cancan"
"nude women. In 1926, Josephine Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère by dancing in a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else. The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. The métro stations are Cadet and Grands Boulevards. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including"
"cast, including Bernadette Flynn and Helen Egan. She was initially placed in troupe four, but after just a few weeks in the show was promoted to Flatley's own troupe one. Whilst studying at the University of Surrey in 2007 Róisín, with her partner Jack, founded the all-female Irish dance troupe 'Raven', and began rehearsing at Dance Attic studios in London. The troupe was founded with the aim of forefronting the female in the traditionally male dominated world of Irish show dance, and to offer professional Irish dancers performance opportunities between touring shows Raven have since performed at hundreds of celebrity"
"on a merger with Patricia Ryan's Dublin National Ballet. But the amalgamation did not bring a solution to the financial problems besetting both companies, and after one joint season in Dublin in the late autumn of 1963 and in Cork the following January, the amalgamated company, Irish National Ballet, had to be disbanded in March 1964. Irish Theatre Ballet was the first professional dance company in Ireland for some time. The Abbey Theatre School of Ballet had been run by Ninette de Valois with the support of W.B. Yeats from 1927-1933, and was not just a school but a performing"
"Ballerina of ""The Ballet Club"", a company founded by Dame Marie Rambert. During this period, she was particularly noted for performing works by Frederick Ashton, who was unknown at the time, but would go on to become one of Britain's most celebrated choreographers. The Ballet Club was to be the first professional ballet company in the United Kingdom, later becoming known as the ""Ballet Rambert"". Now known as the Rambert Dance Company, it remains the oldest established dance company in the UK. In 1931, Ninette de Valois founded the ""Vic-Wells Ballet"" in premises at Sadler's Wells theatre in London. A"
"Cork City Ballet Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded by Alan Foley, a disciple of Joan Denise Moriarty, in 1992. It is one of two professional ballet companies in Ireland. Cork City Ballet annually performs at Cork Opera House, most recently with a production of Giselle. It has toured venues such as Wexford Opera House, The Helix Tralee's Siamsa Tire and University Concert Hall, Limerick. Cork City Ballet is known for working with an array of guest artists from companies such as Royal Swedish Ballet and Kirov Ballet. In 2012, Cork City Ballet commemorated the centenary of"
"Immodesty Blaize Immodesty Blaize (born Kelly Fletcher in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English burlesque dancer who performs internationally. She was crowned Reigning Queen of Burlesque in June 2007 at the Las Vegas Burlesque Hall of Fame formerly known as Exotic World. Her stage name is an allusion to the character Modesty Blaise. Her ethnic heritage is Croatian, Russian and Irish. ""Inspired by films such as the 1962 '""Gypsy""', and glamorous, strong women such as Grace Jones,"" she originally worked in TV production. Immodesty has been performing burlesque in London since the mid-1990s. Originally she performed in addition to her film"
"operettas, opéra comique (comic opera), popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after a nearby street, rue Bergère (""bergère"" means ""shepherdess""). In 1882, Édouard Manet painted his well-known painting ""A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"" which depicts a bar-girl, one of the demimondaines, standing before a mirror. In 1886, Édouard Marchand conceived a new genre of entertainment for the Folies Bergère: the music-hall revue. Women would be the heart of Marchand's concept for the Folies. In the early 1890s, the American dancer Loie Fuller starred at the Folies Bergère. In 1902, illness forced Marchand"
"the birth of Joan Denise Moriarty, the founder of Irish Theatre Ballet, Ireland's first professional ballet company. 2006 La Bayadere (Irish Tour) 2010 Swan Lake (For centenary of Aloys Fleischmann) 2011 Giselle (Prelude to the Joan Denise Moriarty centenary celebrations) 2011 Playboy of the Western World (Revival) 2012 The Sleeping Beauty (For the centenary celebrations of Joan Denise Moriarty) Foley, Alan.""Cork City Ballet: The Story So Far."" KWP. 2008. Cork City Ballet Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded by Alan Foley, a disciple of Joan Denise Moriarty, in 1992. It is one of two professional ballet companies"
"in the United Kingdom. Girls who had visited the United States during the late 1930s and 1940s danced for the troops and liked the American style of dancing and the costumes with headdresses that they saw. American films also featured showgirls and had a big impact on the British audience. From the late 1940s through the 1970s the Tiller girls adopted a lot of American showgirl styles that could trace their roots back to the Folies Bergère in the late 1890s. Tiller Girls The Tiller Girls were among the most popular dance troupes of the 1890s, first formed by John"
"to leave after 16 years. In 1918, Paul Derval (1880–1966) made his mark on the revue. His revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and ""small nude women"". Derval's small nude women would become the hallmark of the Folies. During his 48 years at the Folies, he launched the careers of many French stars including Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Fernandel and many others. In 1926, Josephine Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère in a new revue, ""La Folie du Jour"", in which she danced a number ""Fatou"" wearing a costume"
"it subsequently. The original owner of Manet’s 1882 painting was Chabrier; it now hangs in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. ""Bar aux Folies-Bergère"" was first performed on 15 May 1934 by Ballet Rambert at the Ballet Club at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill, London. The cast included Alicia Markova as the can-can dancer La Goulue, Frederick Ashton as the waiter Valentin le Désossé, Pearl Argyle as the Barmaid, with Diana Gould, Mary Skeaping, Tamara Svetlova and Mona Kimberley (Can-can dancers), William Chappell and Walter Gore (Adolphe and Gustave, habitues of the Bar), Oliver Reynolds (an old man) and"
"company, with de Valois herself often dancing in its productions. A later ""Abbey School of Ballet"" was founded by two of its dancers, and continued with performances into the 1950s (but was primarily a school). Two more projects were launched by students of de Valois. First, in 1936, Sara Payne launched her Ballet School and Company, which performed eight ballets between then and 1942. Then in 1939 Cepta Cullen launched the Irish Ballet Club, which performed 14 ballets up to 1944. Finally, Patricia Ryan launched the National Ballet School in 1956, and added a formal Ballet Company in 1959, and"
"was founded in 1959, and gained an international reputation. Le Groupe de la Place Royale (1966) was the first modern dance company in Quebec, eventually moving to Ottawa in 1977. Le Groupe Nouvelle Aire (1968–1982) was the second modern dance company, also established in Montreal. During the 1980s, modern dance groups La La La Human Steps and O Vertigo became internally known. Choreographer Margie Gillis has established a successful career across Canada and internationally. Several comedy festivals were created in Quebec, including the festival Just for Laughs in Montreal, which enjoys an international reputation, and the ""Grand Rire"" festival of"
"suggested there might be a ballet around the picture, also introducing can-can dancers. ""Bar aux Folies-Bergère"" was first performed on 15 May 1934 at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill, London. Although the role was created by Pearl Argyle, Schooling danced it subsequently. In 1938, her future husband Frank Staff did his first choreography for Ballet Rambert, in ""The Tartans"", a new version of Frederick Ashton's ballet of the same name, for three dancers, being himself, Schooling and Walter Gore, with music by Boyce. In 1939, Staff created ""Czernyana"" which used Czerny's piano exercises as the basis for a series of"
"in 1931, the group was disbanded. Encouraged by Speranzeva to focus on modern dance instead of ballet, Dunham opened her first real dance school in 1933 called the Negro Dance Group. It was a venue for Dunham to teach young black dancers about their African heritage. In 1934–36, Dunham performed as a guest artist with the ballet company of the Chicago Opera. Ruth Page had written a scenario and choreographed ""La Guiablesse"" (""The Devil Woman""), based on a Martinican folk tale in Lafcadio Hearn's ""Two Years in the French West Indies"". It opened in Chicago in 1933, with a black"
"in the world. His wife Antonia, supported by Michel Gyarmathy, succeeded him. In August 1974, the Folies Antonia Derval passed on the direction of the business to Hélène Martini, the empress of the night (25 years earlier she had been a showgirl in the revues). This new mistress of the house reverted to the original concept to maintain the continued existence of the last music hall which remained faithful to the tradition. Since 2006, the Folies Bergère has presented some musical productions with Stage Entertainment like ""Cabaret"" (2006–2008) or ""Zorro the Musical"" (2009–2010). The Folies Bergère inspired the Ziegfeld Follies"
"Bar aux Folies-Bergère (ballet) Bar aux Folies-Bergère is a one-act ballet created in 1934, with scenario and choreography by Ninette de Valois, and designs by William Chappell after Manet. The music consists of piano works by Emmanuel Chabrier, selected and arranged by Constant Lambert. The Ballet Rambert in 1934 had a dancer, Elisabeth Schooling, who had a very similar appearance to the barmaid in Manet’s ""Un bar aux Folies Bergère"". Ashley Dukes, Marie Rambert’s husband suggested there might be a ballet around the picture, also introducing can-can dancers. In fact the role was created by Pearl Argyle, but Schooling danced"
"Simone and Flavia Cacace on their 'Fantasia Tour'. In March 2011 Róisín began touring her own Irish dance stage show with Raven in London, entitled ‘Raven Dance’, premiering at the ‘Broadway Theatre’ London. In June 2016 Róisín Mullins established a second branch of the Raven Irish Dance troupe, permanently based in Cork (city), Republic of Ireland, and began rehearsals at the Firkin Crane dance centre. The troupe have represented national charities such as Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK, and have featured in magazines such as The Big Issue, Dance Dynamic Magazine, Dancing in the UK, Closer, Irish Dancing"
"New Dance Group New Dance Group, or more casually NDG, is a performing arts organization in New York City, United States. New Dance Group was established in 1932 by a group of artists and choreographers dedicated to social change through dance and movement. The founders – Fanya Geltman, Miriam Blecher, Edith Lambert, Edna Ocko, Rebecca Rosenberg, Pauline Schrifman and Grace Wylie – were students at Hanya Holm's studio, and soon their philosophy attracted a wide student base of ordinary workers and dancers. For just a dime, students received an hour-long dance class, an hour of improvisation based on a social"
"A recent example is Faceboyz Folliez, a monthly burlesque and variety show at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. Folies Bergère The Folies Bergère () is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after nearby rue Bergère. The house was at the height of"
"Moriarty bequeathed her Cork school to Breda Quinn, a long-standing member of the Cork Ballet Company, who ran it with another Moriarty student, Sinéad Murphy, who created a new dance school (Cork School of Dance) after Breda's death in 2009. Moriarty founded the Cork Ballet Group in 1947, the members recruited from her school. It gave its first performance in June of that year in the Cork Opera House, accompanied by the Cork Symphony Orchestra under its conductor Aloys Fleischmann. Stage scenery was designed by Marshall Hutson, Frank Sanquest and later by Patrick Murray; costume designs were provided by Clare"
"shortened versions of ""Giselle"" and ""Swan Lake"". This enterprise put the society seriously in debt. Its debts were cleared with two gala performances of ""Coppélia"" at the Royal Opera House in June 1933 when the major stars Markova, Dolin and Lopokova danced to full houses, including the then Queen, members of the government and a visiting international conference of economists. This however was the society's last venture. Ninette de Valois' company was now firmly established and tackling larger productions than the Ballet Club could, and to the Vic-Wells the society bequeathed all its sets and productions except ""Façade"". Constant Lambert"
"Ninette de Valois Dame Ninette de Valois (6 June 18988 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet, who began life in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, as Edris Stannus. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing the Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Royal Ballet School and the touring company which became the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history"
"after demonstrating his talent and formed his own act, ""Florence and Frederic"", just four years later. Together at Bal Tabarin (Paris), Florence Waren and Frederic Apcar became one of the most renowned ballroom dance teams in Europe, occasionally performing with Édith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier. In 1955, the adagio act expanded to a 14-member ensemble known as The Florence and Frederic Ballet, later making its American debut on Ed Sullivan’s variety show. In 1959, producer Lou Walters brought Apcar and his troupe to the Tropicana to join the U.S. Edition of the Folies Bergère. A fan of his work, Dunes"
"Robert Alton Robert Alton (28 January 1906 – 12 June 1957) was an American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as ""The Harvey Girls"" (1946), ""Till the Clouds Roll By"" (1946), ""Show Boat"" (1951), and ""White Christmas"" (1954). Born Robert Alton Hart in Bennington, Vermont, Alton studied dance with Ralph McKernan in Springfield, Massachusetts and spent his"
"notebook describing the choreography with comments by Rambert is kept in the archives of the Rambert Dance Company. Bar aux Folies-Bergère (ballet) Bar aux Folies-Bergère is a one-act ballet created in 1934, with scenario and choreography by Ninette de Valois, and designs by William Chappell after Manet. The music consists of piano works by Emmanuel Chabrier, selected and arranged by Constant Lambert. The Ballet Rambert in 1934 had a dancer, Elisabeth Schooling, who had a very similar appearance to the barmaid in Manet’s ""Un bar aux Folies Bergère"". Ashley Dukes, Marie Rambert’s husband suggested there might be a ballet around"
"National Ballet of Canada One of the top international ballet companies, The National Ballet of Canada was founded in 1951 by Celia Franca. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led by Artistc Director Karen Kain, one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation, since 2005. Renowned for its diverse repertoire, the company performs traditional full-length classics, embraces contemporary work and encourages the creation of new ballets as well as the development of Canadian choreographers. The company’s repertoire includes works by Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, John Cranko, Rudolf Nureyev, John Neumeier, William"
"to ""distill their personalities through their dancing."" Robert Alton Robert Alton (28 January 1906 – 12 June 1957) was an American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as ""The Harvey Girls"" (1946), ""Till the Clouds Roll By"" (1946), ""Show Boat"" (1951), and ""White Christmas"" (1954). Born Robert Alton Hart in Bennington, Vermont, Alton studied dance with Ralph"
"Hutson, Maeve Coakley, Rachel Russell, who also made many of the costumes. Alec Day and Leslie Horne took charge of the lighting. From 1948 the group gave an annual week of ballet, also bringing its show to towns in Munster. In 1951 part of the classical ballet ""Coppélia"" was performed (the complete work in 1955), ""Giselle"" in 1957. In 1954 the group was registered as a company under the name ""Cork Ballet Company"". Its patrons were Dame Marie Rambert, Dame Alicia Markova and later Dame Ninette de Valois. For the first ten years, Moriarty danced in many of the ballets."