File 9 - Handwritten letters from Anton Dolin

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RAD/3/DAI/3/1/9

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Handwritten letters from Anton Dolin

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  • 1981-1983 (Creation)

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9 letters

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Dolin, Anton
(1904-1983)

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English ballet dancer and choreographer. Principal dancer with Diaghlev's Ballet Russe and the Vic-Wells Ballet. Co-founder of London Festival Ballet.

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Royal Academy of Dance

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Much discussion about travelling to China to stage performances plus other travel details. The final letter was written a week before his death and he talked about travelling to China to stage 'Spectre' for Dai Ailian and of his other plans to travel to Australia and France the following year.

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