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<FONT face=Verdana size=4>Darcey Bussell <BR></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>b. 1969 <BR>Royal Ballet <BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Darcey Bussell was born in London in 1969. She studied at the Royal Ballet School. She joined SWRB in 1987 and moved to The Royal Ballet as a Soloist in 1988. She was promoted to First Soloist and then to Principal in 1989. <BR><BR>She created Princess Rose (<EM> rince of the Pagodas</EM>), Masha (<EM>Winter Dreams</EM>), Mistress Truth-on-Toe (<EM>Mr Worldly Wise</EM>) and roles in <EM>The Spirit of Fugue, Bloodlines, Dances with Death, Pavane pour une infante d閒unte</EM> and <EM>Towards Poetry</EM>.<BR><BR>Repertoire includes:<BR>Juliet <EM>(Romeo and Juliet)</EM>, Giselle <EM>(Giselle)</EM>, Odette/Odile <EM>(Swan Lake)</EM>, Cinderella <EM>(Cinderella)</EM>, Aurora and Sugar Plum Fairy <EM>(Sleeping Beauty)</EM>, Nikiya <EM>(La Bayadere)</EM>, Terpsichore (<EM>Apollo</EM>), Raymonda, Manon, Mitzi Caspar (<EM>Mayerling</EM>), Black Queen (<EM>Checkmate</EM>), Mathilde Kschessinska (<EM>Anastasia</EM>), Pas de Deux (<EM>Birthday Offering</EM>) and roles in <EM>Serenade, Duo Concertant, Agon, Ballet Imperial, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, Symphony in C, In the middle, Somewhat Elevated, Push Comes to Shove</EM>. <BR><BR>Awards:<BR>Won the Prix de Lausanne, 1986.<BR>Received the 1990 Evening Standard Ballet Award and the Variety Club Award for Most Promising Newcomer.<BR>Awarded an OBE in 1995. </FONT><BR><BR>![]() |
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