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Ninette de Valois

1898 - 2001

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Dame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing the Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Royal Ballet School and the touring company which became the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ninette de Valois has received more than 267,895 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ninette de Valois is the 61st most popular dancer (down from 57th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 141st in 2019) and the most popular Irish Dancer.

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  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Ninette de Valois ranks 61 out of 116. Before her are Carla Fracci, William Forsythe, Lucile Grahn, Alvin Ailey, Micheline Bernardini, and John Cranko. After her are Jean Coralli, John Neumeier, Vladimir Vasiliev, Tamara Khanum, Yvette Chauviré, and Lydia Lopokova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ninette de Valois ranks 157. Before her are Rudolph Maté, Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, and Sami al-Hinnawi. After her are Lily Pons, Hal B. Wallis, Jack Haley, Bessie Love, Eero Berg, and Arend Heyting. Among people deceased in 2001, Ninette de Valois ranks 159. Before her are Helge Ingstad, Don Bradman, Arie van Vliet, Malcom McLean, Robert Leckie, and Enrique Mateos. After her are Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, Gordon R. Dickson, Mohamed Atta, Micheline Ostermeyer, and Jean Richard.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ninette de Valois ranks 148 out of 549. Before her are Kathleen Antonelli (1921), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Moya Brennan (1952), Robbie Keane (1980), Adomnán (624), and Edward Bruce (1275). After her are Eddie Jordan (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Michael William Balfe (1808), Brendan Behan (1923), William Howard Russell (1820), and Jane Wilde (1821).

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Among DANCERS In Ireland

Among dancers born in Ireland, Ninette de Valois ranks 1. 

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