Darcey Bussell
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Darcey Bussell (born Marnie Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is an English former ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing. Bussell studied at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, but she quit Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet early in 1989, becoming a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet.
Bussell has been known as one of the best British ballerinas for her entire career, more than two decades, but she has also performed with several leading companies, including NYCB, La Scala Theatre Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, and the Australian Ballet.
In 2007, she came to ballet for the first time. Bussell is also working in television, books, and modeling, and he helps numerous British and international charities and dance organizations.
Early life
Darcey Bussell was born in London to Australian businessman John Crittle and his English wife, Andrea Williams.
Bussell was adopted by her mother's new husband, Australian dentist Philip Bussell, after the couple divorced when Bussell was three years old. The family spent some time in Australia, where Bussell attended school before returning to London for Bussell to be educated at Fox Primary School in Kensington.
Personal life
Angus Forbes, an Australian businessman, married Bussell in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, in 1997. Both parents were born in Kensington, where their two daughters were born in 2001 and 2004. The family migrated to Sydney, Australia, in 2008, and then returned to London in July 2012. They live in Wimbledon as of 2021.
Career
Bussell studied "all sorts of stagecraft" at the Arts Educational School before joining the Royal Ballet Lower School, based in Richmond Park, aged 13. She enrolled in the Royal Ballet Upper School in Baron's Court at 16 years old before joining the Wells Royal Ballet in 1987. She appeared in a number of school productions, including performances at the Royal Opera House, when attending Royal Ballet School.
Although Bussell was still in school, choreographer Kenneth MacMillan had noticed her unique technique, and in 1988 he decided to use her to stage the leading role in his ballet The Prince of the Pagodas to Benjamin Britten's music, which culminated in her joining the Royal Ballet. She was promoted to principal dancer on the first night of the exhibition in 1989.
Bussell appeared in all major classical roles during her career, including Masha in Winter Dreams and Prince Rose in The Prince of the Pagodas, MacMillan's choreographed, as well as Princess Aurora in The Nutcracker, Manon's L'histoire de Manon, and Giselle's Giselle.
She was in total more than 80 different roles and 17 roles were created for her. She appeared in Sleeping Beauty alone, in four productions, one of which was Sir Anthony Dowell's production, which she opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in front of President Clinton. She appeared in several guest appearances with the New York City Ballet, beginning in June 1993 with a rendition of the pas de deux from Agon.
Bussell also appeared with the Balletto Della Scala, Kirov Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, and the Australian Ballet. On the 4th of November 2004, she performed the première of Sylvia by Léo Delibes choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She announced her retirement from the Royal Ballet in 2006 as a principal dancer, but she stayed with the company as a guest principal artist.
She stepped down from ballet on June 8, 2007 with a performance of MacMillan's Song of the Earth (musical Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde). It was performed at the Royal Opera House in London and on BBC Two, and it was broadcast live on BBC Two.
Bussell appeared in the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, leading a group of 200 ballerinas and 4 male dancers from the Royal Ballet. The performance was described as "the Spirit of the Fire" and came before the official use of the Olympic flame.
Bussell Foundation DDMIX (Diverse dance mix) in 2016 aimed at bringing dance to state schools. DDMIX's choreographer and dancer, Nathan Clarke, performs dances from a variety of styles including Irish, tango, waltz, jive, Bollywood, disco, flamenco, salsa, and 1960's twist.
Move Assure, a social enterprise, was founded in 2020. It's hoped to produce a dance program that can be used as a social prescription by teaming up with Dr. Peter Lovatt and Lindsey Lovatt.