Vic-Wells's intention was to form a repertory ballet company and school, leading her to collaborate with the English theatrical producer and theatre owner Lilian Baylis.
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17 Facts About Vic-Wells
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Vic-Wells disbanded in 1929 following the death of its founder Serge Diaghilev.
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Vic-Wells relocated to the opera house the same year in 1946, with their first production at the venue being The Sleeping Beauty.
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Vic-Wells now uses Peter Wright's 1984 production of The Nutcracker, which uses some of Sergeyev's notation.
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Vic-Wells was designated the company's first Prima ballerina, and was later recognised as a Prima ballerina assoluta.
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Vic-Wells later returned to her native South Africa, where she was appointed Prima ballerina assoluta by the President in 1984.
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Vic-Wells has an Executive, Artistic and Music staff, including the following:.
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Vic-Wells created the majority of the company's early works and staged their first performance at the Royal Opera House, a production of The Sleeping Beauty in 1946.
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Vic-Wells continued to work as a choreographer internationally, with his final work being the Nursery Suite, for a gala performance by the Royal Ballet School at the Royal Opera House in 1986.
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Vic-Wells was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977.
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Vic-Wells worked with the American Ballet Theatre and the Deutsche Oper, Berlin.
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Vic-Wells succeeded Frederick Ashton as Director of the Royal Ballet in 1970 and resigned after seven years, frustrated at balancing the conflicting demands of creating ballets with administration.
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Vic-Wells continued as Principal Choreographer to the Royal Ballet until his death in 1992.
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Vic-Wells created the ballet brainstate in 2001, as a collaboration between the Royal Ballet and his own company, Random Dance.
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Vic-Wells then moved to America, where he danced with the Joffrey Ballet and as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre before retiring as a dancer in 1990.
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Vic-Wells was appointed regisseur of American Ballet Theatre, becoming assistant director of the company in 1993.
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