The Young Dancer

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She co-wrote The Young Dancer with the Royal Ballet School and wrote an introduction to the book The Illustrated Book of Ballet by Barbara Newman, which showcases five of the ballets in which she starred. [25] An autobiographical picture book of her ballet career, titled Darcey Bussell, was released in 2012. [26] followed by Darcey Bussell: Evolved in 2018. Her books include Darcey Bussell: Evolved, Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures, the ‘Magic Ballerina’ children’s series and her autobiography. In 2015 she founded DDMIX (diverse dance mix), a dance fitness charity, aimed at getting dance fitness to be part of PE in state schools. Darcey Bussell to chair Plymouth Theatre Royal board". BBC News. 8 March 2023 . Retrieved 28 March 2023. I think the BBC has a really big role to play in bringing the arts to the general public, I think it is a really important part of what the BBC is about” he said. “Song and dance are possible two of the most democratic art forms, we can all, and we have all, had a go. But I don’t feel our mandate is to try to persuade or popularise particular modes of art. The BBC isn’t there to try to engineer social change and attitudes, what we are there to do is to provide things that people have a real passion and an interest in.” DARCEY BUSSELL BRIEFS AUB STUDENTS ON DESIGN CHALLENGE". Arts University Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018 . Retrieved 26 October 2019.In December 2013 Bussell presented a BBC Two documentary titled Darcey's Ballet Heroines. In December 2014 she presented a BBC One documentary on Audrey Hepburn, titled Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey. [27] In May 2015, Bussell was co-presenter and dance expert for the Grand Final of the inaugural BBC Young Dancer competition, which was aired live on BBC Two. [35] Other commissions include Petula Clarke exploring the magic behind the French chanson, meeting artists such as Jane Birkin, while composer and musician Neil Brand will examine the makings of a pop masterpiece, including songs from Elvis Presley to The Beatles. American comedian Reginald D Hunter will embark on a road trip from North Carolina to New Orleans to journey through the songs of the American South. Darcey’s extensive broadcast work includes being a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, many documentaries for the BBC and she has presented The Royal Ballet’s worldwide cinema relays since 2014. She remains a Guest principal coach at The Royal Ballet and is Artist Laureate of the Royal Ballet School. In December 1990 she was voted Dancer of the Year by the readers of Dance and Dancers magazine. [ citation needed] In February 1991 she was presented with the Variety Club of Great Britain's Sir James Garreras Award for the most promising newcomer of 1990 and one week later with the London Evening Standard Ballet Award for 1990. [50] In April 1991 she was selected as the joint winner of the Cosmopolitan Achievement Award in the Performing Arts category. [51] A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

In December 2011 Bussell collaborated with choreographer Kim Gavin to make Darcey dances Hollywood, a BBC Two television documentary in which she recreated some of Hollywood's famous dance routines—including some by Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire& Ginger Rogers—from films such as Singin' In The Rain and Top Hat ("Cheek to Cheek"). In 2006 Bussell became a gold medal recipient from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [48] She is a recipient of the Carl Alan Award for contributions to dance. [49] Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures performed Spitfire at the British Ballet Charity Gala presented by Bussell. Photograph: Johan Persson In total, she performed more than 80 different roles and 17 roles were created for her. In Sleeping Beauty alone, she performed Aurora in four different 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 made several guest appearances with the New York City Ballet, starting in June 1993, with a performance of the pas de deux from Agon. [17] [18] Find sources: "Darcey Bussell"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

In 2017 Bussell received an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, Scotland. [53] Fab-u-lous! Dancing queen Darcey Bussell at 50 – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 April 2019. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 October 2019.