John Mallinson Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Only three dance-related citations out of a total of 1,164 honours (that's two more than there were for services to crofting or plumbing). Spreadsheet here. Congratulations to all. OBE Ms Jeanetta Christine Laurence. Formerly Associate Director, The Royal Ballet. For services to Dance MBE Miss Marguerite Porter. Director, Yorkshire Ballet Summer School. For services to Ballet Ms Janet Smith. Principal, Northern School of Contemporary Dance. For services to Dance 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 All well-deserved, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Congratulations to all the awardees. I was so pleased to see that the wonderful Barrie Rutter, Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks have been recognised amongst others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Not dance,but congratulations to John Hurt becoming Sir John Hurt. Astonishing he wasn`t knighted about 20 years ago,can`t believe it`s taken so long for one of Britain`s finest actors. Still,better late than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 There seems to be a very obvious name missing from the list, alas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I would have thought Marguerite should have merited more than an MBE. Still no knighthood for David Bintley. I suppose it is possible he has turned one down. I would like to think that one had been offered at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ROYAL BALLET: JEANETTA LAURENCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BALLET RECOGNISED FOR SERVICES TO DANCE IN NEW YEAR HONOURS Jeanetta Laurence, Associate Director of The Royal Ballet, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Born in Oxford, Laurence trained with June Christian and at The Royal Ballet School. Her dancing career began in 1969 when she joined The Royal Ballet Touring Company and in 1970 she became a member of The Royal Ballet’s New Group, which in 1976 became Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet. During this time she was promoted to Soloist and created roles in ballets by Jack Carter, Ronald Hynd, Joe Layton and Lynn Seymour, among others. Shortly after being made Assistant Ballet Mistress Laurence left the Company in 1979 to have a family. In 1983 she founded Dance Directory, an agency for freelance dancers and choreographers, with fellow dancer Rashna Homji, which ran successfully for eight years. She left the agency to work for director and choreographer Gillian Lynne in a commercial capacity before joining The Royal Ballet as Artistic Administrator in 1990. The position of Assistant Director followed in 2003 before she took up her current role as Associate Director in 2009. Jeanetta Laurence works closely with the Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare and during her time with the Company has also worked alongside former Directors Anthony Dowell, Ross Stretton and Monica Mason. Laurence is also a Trustee of the Frederick Ashton Foundation, which exists to perpetuate the legacy and work of the Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet and of the Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund and the Benesh Institute Endowment Fund. On receiving the award, Jeanetta Laurence said “I am delighted to receive this Honour. It has been the most wonderful privilege to have been a part of The Royal Ballet organisation, first at the School then as a dancer with the Company and, for the last twenty five years, as part of the Senior Management Team.” Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet added “I’m thrilled that Jeanetta Laurence has received an OBE for services to dance. Jeanetta’s selfless commitment to The Royal Ballet is amazing and she is truly well deserving of this honour.” Jeanetta Laurence has worked for The Royal Ballet for over 46 years and will retire in June 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Congratulations to them all. Marguerite Porter's planning and work throughout the year and then at the Yorkshire Ballet Summer School itself are certainly very well worthy of her MBE, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 London Dance news feature: http://londondance.com/articles/news/new-year-honours-for-dance/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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