Ninette de Valois

Dancer and teacher

‘It was hard, but I was stubborn’: Irish ballet star Melissa Hamilton on fighting for her dream

After a year at Elmhurst, naysayers told her she would never make it even to the corps de ballet – but a window opened

Mon Apr 27 2026 - 04:54

Joanna Banks’s distinguished career in dance wasn’t all plain sailing. Now, still razor-sharp at 85, she’s about to perform with Luail in Trojans

Sat Mar 07 2026 - 05:14

We propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s Day

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00

James Joyce’s daughter Lucia was a remarkable dancer – something that has been buried in her troubled history

Thu Jun 21 2018 - 05:00

Antony (Tony) Rudenko: October 9th, 1946 - March 8th, 2014

Sat Mar 29 2014 - 00:01