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Sara Neil (dancer)
Sara Neil (born Doreen Brown; 15 April 1932, in Wellington – 9 January 2011) was a New Zealand dancer, and was the first director of the New Zealand School of Dance. Early life and education Neil was born in Wellington. Her early dance training was by Phyllis Oliver and Dorothy Daniels. She studied at Wellington Girls' College. In 1949 she left to study dance in England, funded by a Government bursary. She attended the Royal Ballet School and then joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company. Work Neil was "a technically excellent dancer, with a marked personality in her performances". Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan created a polka solo for her in his 1956 ballet ''Solitaire,'' at Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Neil married dancer Walter Trevor in 1956, and in 1958 returned to New Zealand. The couple set up a dance studio in Wellington. In 1960 Neil danced in the New Zealand Ballet Company's first major national tour. She was on the Ballet Committee set up in 1964 alongside ...
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Wellington
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Chester
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The New Zealand School of Dance was established in 1967 and is a tertiary educational institute in New Zealand that teaches contemporary dance and ballet. It started as the National School of Ballet, and after contemporary dance was added in 1982 the name was changed to the New Zealand School of Dance. About The school has two qualifications, a two year diploma or a three diploma with a classical or contemporary dance stream, and prepares students for careers as professional dancers. The New Zealand School of Dance is housed in Te Whaea: The National Centre for Dance and Drama in Wellington, New Zealand. History The director of the school when it was first set up was Sarah Neil with nine full-time and four part-time students in 1967. The school was funded by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and formed in with the New Zealand Ballet Trust Board. For the first 15 years it was called the National School of Ballet. Other directors include Russell Kerr (1967 - 1968), Dorothy ...
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Solitaire (ballet)
''Solitaire'' is a one-act ballet created by Kenneth MacMillan in 1956 for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet (later the Royal Ballet), London. The music is by Malcolm Arnold: his two sets of English Dances, with two new dances specially composed by Arnold, a sarabande and a polka. The polka was created for New Zealand dancer Sara Neil. The first performance was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 7 June 1956. The principal character, called The Girl, was danced by Margaret Hill."Solitaire (1956)"
Royal Opera House Collections Online, retrieved 8 October 2014


Original cast

* Margaret Hill, The Girl *