Anton Dolin
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Anton Dolin was the stage name of Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay (1904–1983), an English ballet dancer and choreographer.
Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex. He joined Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921, was a principal there from 1924, and was a principal with the Vic-Wells Ballet in the 1930s. There he danced with Alicia Markova, with whom he went on to found the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the London Festival Ballet.
Dolin wrote several books, including the autobiography Ballet Go Round (1938) and Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art (1953). He was knighted in 1981.
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References
- Anton Dolin: autobiography / Anton Dolin
- Last words: a final autobiography / Anton Dolin
- Markova: her life and art / Anton Dolin
- Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin: a legend of British ballet : a collection of portraits / with foreword by Peter Williams
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External links
- Photographs of Anton Dolin and others in ballet performances - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
- Images of Anton Dolin