Anthony Dowell
Birthday
1943/02/16 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Also know as
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Biography
Sir Anthony James Dowell CBE (born February 16, 1943) is a retired British ballet dancer and a former artistic director of the Royal Ballet from 1986–2001. He is widely recognized as one of the great danseurs nobles of the twentieth century. Dowell was born in London and trained with June Hampshire before entering The Royal Ballet School aged ten. In 1960 he graduated into the Covent Garden Opera Ballet, transferring to The Royal Ballet the following year. He was promoted to Principal in 1966. ...Read more
Acting
(1977) The Beatles Forever
as Self
(2001) The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
as Drosselmeyer
(1990) The Prince of the Pagodas
as The Emperor
(1985) The Nutcracker
as Sugar Plum Fairy's Prince
(1982) Swan Lake
as Prince Siegfried
(1970) Cinderella
as The Prince
(1976) A Month in the Country
as Beliaev
(1977) Valentino
as Vaslav Nijinsky
(1978) Ashton: The Dream
as Oberon
(1966) Romeo and Juliet
as Benvolio
(1997) Peter and the Wolf
as Grandfather
(2015) Darcey's Ballet Heroes
as ---
(1994) The Sleeping Beauty
as Carabosse
(1971) Great Performances
as Drosselmeyer