Throwback Thursday and Phyllis Bedells
Born in Bristol on August 9, 1893, Phyllis Bedells studied with such notable teachers as Cecchetti and Pavlova. Her career began in 1907 (she was fourteen) at the London Empire Theatre. By 1914 she had become prima ballerina. In 1916, she left the Empire Theatre and began to dance in musicals at Covent Garden.
In 1920 she became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Dance and was instrumental in writing its first syllabus. She was still performing, and in 1931 was a guest artist with the Vic-Wells Ballet.
She retired from performing in 1935, and devoted her energies to teaching and to acting as an examiner for the Royal Academy. In 1954 she wrote her autobiography, My Dancing Days.
In 1979 the Phyllis Bedells Bursary was established to assist student dancers through a judged competition.
She died in 1985.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet
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Dance History Factoid #149:
“Phyllis Bedells was a British ballerina and a founding member of the
Royal Academy of Dance.”
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