mart Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Harold King founder of London City Ballet sadly passed today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Very sad to read this. He gave so many dancers so many opportunities, and all with no government grants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Very sad news indeed. London City Ballet were one of the first companies I saw - doing a rather fabulous production of La Sylphide in Preston. I have many happy memories of seeing LCB and for that I thank Harold King. May he rest in peace. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I first saw them at the Lyric, Hammersmith in the early 1980s and loved the company. I'm also grateful to him for later on giving Bryony Brind an opportunity that she was not given at the RB - to dance Juliet. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 RIP. Although I never saw them dance, I remember that at the time I was at Urdang, LCB was affiliated with the School. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I think British ballet and its audiences owe London City Ballet, and hence Harold King as its founder, a debt of thanks. It may have been a small company, but its standards were high, and it toured to a lot of local and regional theatres (and sometimes with ballets) which weren't covered by any of the larger companies. And some of its dancers went on to bigger and better things. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I saw them dance many times. It was a small company but of a very high standard. To follow on from Alison's comment above, I think there were several dancers who were already well known. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diandri Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I was very sad to hear of Harold King's passing as I saw quite a few performances by London City Ballet when I first discovered ballet. Somehow they made made the most of their modest means & I recall a charming Giselle, R&J & an early Cinderella from Matthew Hart among other gems with some surprisingly high profile dancers (I have fond memories of Paul Thrussell's Romeo - he later went onto Boston Ballet). Wish there was more evidence of the company on the internet as their contribution to the London & national dance scene is in danger of being forgotten. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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