Shiela Darby

Shiela Darby (1926-2000) One of the foremost exponents of the Cecchetti Method in the United States, Shiela Darby was a close and long time associate of Olga Fricker, the founder […]

Margaret Craske

Margaret Craske (1892-1990) Margaret Craske was known to her dancers as Miss Craske. That is because she said once that “pupils will eat you up” without some formality! To me […]

Cyril Beaumont

This article written by Clement Crisp, ballet critic of the Financial Times, London, first appeared in the souvenir programme of the Cecchetti Society’s 70th Anniversary Gala, August 1, 1992. He […]

Kay Armstrong

At the National Ballet of Canada’s inaugural show in 1951, just one Canadian choreography was on the mixed bill – Kay Armstrong‘s dreamy quartet, Étude, set to Tchaikowsky. Artistic director […]

Estelle Anderson

Estelle Anderson (1903-1971) Estelle Anderson, a Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia in July 1903, and three of her earliest mentors […]

Betty Oliphant: The Artistry of Teaching

Betty Oliphant created the following ballet classes for Grade 10 boys and girls at the National Ballet School of Canada in 1990, near the end of her sixty-year teaching career.

Dai Ailian

Dai Ailian (1916-2006) The history of the Cecchetti method in China is inextricably bound up with the personal history of one remarkable woman: Dai Ailian. Born in Trinidad in 1916, […]

CICB AWARDS 2014

2014 CICB Competition Award Winners, Finalists, and Scholarships

CICB Competition 2014

Classical Ballet Competition August 7–9, 2014 Richmond, Virginia, USA The Cecchetti International Classical Ballet 2014 Competition took place between August 7-9, 2014. Richmond is a lovely and historical city located […]