The Lilian Scott Wood Collection 1910-1976

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The Lilian Scott Wood Collection 1910-1976

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7 boxes

eng,

The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6298833

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Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991

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Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Margaret Evelyn Hookham on May 18, 1919, to Felix John Hookham and Hilda Acheseon Fontes. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School and made her solo debut in 1935 under the stage name "Margot Fonteyn". She was best know for her artis...

Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1909-1929

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de Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001

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Scott Wood, Lilian. Ballet ephemera collector

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Lilian Scott Wood (d. circa 1975) befriended Anna Pavlova when Pavlova settled in North London (1912). She became a devoted, lifelong fan, amassing a variety of memorabilia relating to the great Russian ballerina. Scott Wood was a notable supporter of so-called ‘White’ Russians (Tsarist supporters) in London, often inviting them to her large house in Ealing. She was a great-aunt of Helen Ordish (later Mrs Parmley), who inherited this collection of Pavlova material through her father...

Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931

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Ballerina. From the description of Anna Pavlova collection, 1909-[ongoing]. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430368594 Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer. Gabriel Astruc was a French producer, publisher, talent manager and founder of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Between 1907 and 1913 Astruc also handled a variety of theatrical business matters for Serge Diaghilev, including publicity, contract negotiations, financial backing, negotiations fo...

Anna Pavlova Company.

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