Royal Ballet
The stone slab floor memorial to the four founders of the Royal Ballet was dedicated on 17 November 2009.
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Age at death | Notes on Royal Ballet role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninette de Valois | 1898 | 2001 | 102 | ... | |
| ... | Frederick Ashton | 1904 | 1988 | 84 | ... |
| Constant Lambert | 1905 | 1951 | 45 | ... | |
| Margot Fonteyn | 1919 | 1991 | 71 | ... |
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Famous quotes containing the words royal and/or ballet:
“High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence; and, from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
His proud imaginations”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he’ll escape.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)