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On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100
This display is now closed at V&A South Kensington
This display explored the 100-year history of the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance with a host of costume, designs, film and unique materials from the last century including shoes worn by Dame Darcey Bussell DBE at her 2007 farewell performance.
Display highlights
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Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev during rehearsals for the 1963 RAD gala. © GBL Wilson -
Pupils from RAD's Step Into Dance programme. © Foteini Christofilopoulou -
Costume design for 'Jack in the Green', by Claud Lovat Fraser, about 1921, England. Museum no. S.4-2012. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
Adeline Genée in 'A Dream of Roses and Butterflies'. Photo by Hugh Cecil -
Faculty of Education, 2018. Photo by Tim Cross -
Ballet exercises for athletes. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette -
Tamara Karsavina coaching Margot Fonteyn in role of The Firebird. Photo by Douglas Elston, 1954 -
Tamara Karsavina in Russian dance costume, 1929. Dress by Natalia Gontcharova. Photographer unknown -
Harlequin statue by Alfred Gilbert for Production Club (RAD), date unknown. Presented to the RAD in 1924 by Stanislas Idzikowski. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette -
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE, Carlos Acosta and Gary Avis in The Song of the Earth, ROH, 2007. Part of the Graham Brandon Collection, THM/110. Image by Graham Brandon. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
A Dream of Butterflies and Roses, costume design, by Wilhelm, 1915, London. Museum no. S.797-2017. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Background image: Harlequin statue by Alfred Gilbert for Production Club (RAD), date unknown. Presented to the RAD in 1924 by Stanislas Idzikowski. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette