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Irish-born British dancer (1898–2001)

Dame Ninette de ValoisOM CH DBE (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British^[1]dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.

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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 of ballet and as the "godmother" of English and Irish ballet.^[2][3][4]

Life

Early life and family

Ninette de Valois was born as Edris Stannus on 6 June 1898 at Baltyboys House, an 18th-century manor house near the town of Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland, then still part