Birth Place of British Ballet - Ladbroke Road, London, UK
N 51° 30.293 W 000° 11.929
30U E 694399 N 5709692
Quick Description: This blue plaque is on the north side of Ladbroke Grove attached to one of the buildings at the Kensington Temple.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 8/12/2012 5:35:21 AM
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Long Description:
The plaque
reads:
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Here was
the birthplace
of British
ballet
Home of
The Ballet Club
and
The Ballet
Rambert
founded by his wife
Dame
Marie Rambert
1888 -
1982
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The London
Remembers website (visit link)
tells us:
"This building
was erected in 1851 as a school by the Congregationalists of the adjoining
Horbury Chapel. The architect was John Tarring. It was subsequently used as a
church hall and then as a sculptor's studio to 1929 before becoming the home of
Madame Rambert's Russian School of Dancing. After extensive alterations in
1930-1 it became known as 'Ballet Club' and was subsequently named The Mercury
Theatre. It is now occupied by the Rambert School of Ballet, but has not been
used for ballet performances since 1965."