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 […]
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, […]