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Dame Ninette De Valois



De Valois, Dame Ninette (Edris Stanus; 1898– ), Irish dancer and choreographer. She founded the ballet company at Sadler's Wells, which in 1956 became the Royal Ballet, and was its director (1931–63).

See also: Ballet.

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