Dorothea McNair
Dorothea McNair, Nancy Hooper-Graham and Eileen Keegan were pioneer teachers of the Cecchetti Method in Natal, South Africa. David Poole called them “The Three Graces of Natal.” They were very […]
Louise Lightfoot
LOUISE LIGHTFOOT and the FIRST AUSTRALIAN BALLET – THE CECCHETTI LINK The premiere Australian production of Coppelia was staged by Louise Lightfoot and performed by The First Australian Ballet (FAB), […]
Audrey King
Audrey King (1915-2003) Audrey King, born in Manchester, England on 12th February 1915, commenced her dancing training at the age of five. Two years later, having watched Anna Pavlova perform […]
Eileen Keegan
Eileen Keegan, Dorothea McNair and Nancy Hooper-Graham and were pioneer teachers of the Cecchetti Method in Natal, South Africa. David Poole called them “The Three Graces of Natal.” They were […]
Stanislas Idzikowski
Stanislas Idzikowski (1894-1977) Stanislas Idzikowski was a teacher, dancer, choreographer and co-author with Cyril Beaumont of the Cecchetti Manual. Born in Warsaw in 1894, he studied under Gilbert, Vilzak and […]
Dulcie Howes
Dulcie Howes (1908-1993) Born in 1908, it was not until Anna Pavlova’s performances at the Old Opera House in Cape Town in 1925, seventeen years later, that Dulcie Howes decided […]
Nancy Hooper-Graham
Nancy Hooper-Graham, Dorothea McNair and Eileen Keegan were pioneer teachers of the Cecchetti Method in Natal, South Africa. David Poole called them “The Three Graces of Natal.” They were very […]
Brenda Hamlyn Bencini
Looking back over the many years from the time I first began to learn to dance until my partial retirement nearly sixty eight years later, I realise how much of […]
Sylvia J. Hamer
Sylvia J. Hamer (1900-1993) Sylvia J Hamer was born in 1900, in a small town in southern Michigan, USA. As a young girl she took elocution classes where students were […]
Faith de Villiers
Faith de Villiers Renwick ( d. 2001) Faith De Villiers (Renwick) was an exceptional person who touched all in the dance and theatrical community with her effervescent energy, profound insight […]