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Description: | Clover Roope was one of the first British dancers to cross from ballet to contemporary dance. Born in Bristol in 1937, she trained with her godmother, Katherine Blott in Weston (who had been Michael Somes' teacher in early 1930s),and then at the Sadler's Wells (now Royal) Ballet School. She danced with the Royal Ballet Touring Company before joining Western Theatre Ballet, the radical small group founded by Elizabeth West. She began choreographing for the Sunday Ballet Club and for the Bristol Old Vic. From 1960 to 1964 she danced with Western Theatre Ballet for whom she also created several works. In 1964 she was the first dancer to be awarded a Harkness Scholarship to study contemporary dance in New York. She studied with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham and Alwin Nikolais and performed in New York and at Jacob's Pillow. On returning to Britain she danced with Ballet Rambert and since then has taught at many schools, including the Rambert Academy and the University of Roehampton.
The collection consists of papers, scores, cuttings, programmes and photographs relating to Roope's career in Britain and America, including some for Western Theatre Ballet.
Archive reference number: THM/295. | Format: | Press cutings Photographs Music scores Programmes | Subjects: | Western Theatre Ballet Ballet Dancers | Temporal: | 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Roope, Clover | Identifier: | THM-295 | Format: | Press cutings Photographs Music scores Programmes | Go to resource |
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