Editing Marie Rambert (section)

==Ballet Rambert==
[[File:Marie Rambert 19 Campden Hill Gardens blue plaque.jpg|thumb|Blue plaque, 19 Campden Hill Gardens, [[London]]]]
After studying with Cecchetti, she went back to study with Madame Rat at the Paris Opera, and took her studies quite seriously. She began teaching more ballet classes in 1919 and later founded her own ballet school in [[Bedford Gardens, London|Bedford Gardens]]. In 1926 she created her own company, originally named [[Ballet Club]]. It has been through many name changes, much like Rambert herself. The company began performing at night revues in London. The first informal show was performed in ''Riverside Nights'' at the [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Theatre]], and continued with the nightly revues for a while. She began finding new and promising dancers and choreographers in numerous places, such as [[Frederick Ashton]], to be a part of her company and gave them a chance to grow. From '''Marie Rambert Dancers''', the company changed to [[Ballet Rambert]], later  [[Rambert Dance Company]], and from 2014 just named [[Rambert Dance Company|Rambert]], a [[contemporary dance]] company which tours internationally. It dates its birth to the first performance of [[Frederick Ashton]]'s ''A Tragedy of Fashion'' (1926),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rambert.org.uk/explore/rambert-archive/rambert-history-infographics/|title=Infographic on Rambert early history|date=2017|website=Rambert.org.uk|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> making it the first ballet company in Britain.

Ashley Dukes, Marie's husband, renovated a building and made it into [[Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate|Mercury Theatre]], where the majority of Ballet Rambert's performance occurred. It was said that 'Notting Hill Gate, where the Mercury Theatre stood, was on the slopes of Olympus'.<ref>Jane Pritchard, "Celebration", p. 12.</ref> Ballet Rambert has performed such ballets as ''Coppelia'', as well as Balanchine's ''Night Shadow''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rambert.org.uk/performance-database/|title=Rambert Performance Database|date=15 October 2018|website=Rambert|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

Rambert was adamant about finding new and upcoming choreographers. Some of her students and later her colleagues included Ashton, [[Antony Tudor]], and [[Agnes de Mille]], to name a few. In 1965 Rambert, with the help of "[[Norman Morrice]], her newest discovery, completely reorganized the company to stress modern dance".<ref>Jack Anderson,"Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History", (Princeton, New Jersey Book Company, 1986), p. 185. {{ISBN|0916622428}} and {{ISBN|0916622436}}</ref> The repertoire of the company eventually came back to more contemporary ballets, but still has a vast list of pieces that the company has performed throughout the years. She cooperated with Millicent Hodson,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danceconsortium.com/features/interview/interview-with-millicent-hodson-choreographer-and-lecturer/|title=Millicent Hodson, Choreographer and Lecturer &#124; Dance Consortium|date=22 August 2005 }}</ref> to restore [[Vaslav Nijinsky|Nijinsky]]'s choreography of ''The Rite of Spring'' in 1979. The restoration of choreography was completed in 1987. Rambert is known for helping to create and keep the ballet community strong in Britain. ''"The creation of Ballet in Britain is one of the grandest achievements in the artistic annals of our century. It is owed absolutely to the idealism which fired Rambert and [[Ninette de Valois]]"'',<ref>Jane Pritchard, "Celebration", p. 16.</ref> the founder of [[The Royal Ballet]]. She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1962, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate]].{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}