Following the death of Diaghilev in 1929, Markova returned to England where she helped launch The Ballet Club which later became the Ballet Rambert, the Vic Wells Ballet, now the Royal Ballet from 1931 to 1935 becoming its first prima ballerina in 1933 , and the Markova-Dolin Ballet with Anton Dolin. In 1936 Prince Wolkonsky taught in ballet company of Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin.

Markova appeared in ballets around the world, but is remembered mostly for her Giselle, as well as for The Dying Swan and Les Sylphides. During the Second World War she re-formed Les Ballets Russes in the United States and also appeared in Hollywood movies.

The audiences loved the little English ballerina, and she was called 'The miniature Pavlova,' and 'The best dancer ever to live.'

Markova founded her own company, Festival Ballet, now the English National Ballet, in 1950. She retired from active dancing in 1963. After being created a Dame, she became a teacher and travelled the world directing ballet companies.

Some time after suffering a stroke, Dame Alicia died on December 2, 2004 in a hospital in Bath, Somerset, one day after her 94th birthday.

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See also

• List of British Jews

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References

• Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin: a legend of British ballet : a collection of portraits / with foreword by Peter Williams
• Alicia Markova / Hugh Fisher
• Markova: a collection of photographic studies by Gordon Anthony / foreword by Ninette de Valois
• Markova: her life and art / Anton Dolin

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External links

• Images of Alicia Markova
• ballet.co - Legend
• Dame Alicia Markova Obituary
• The Ballerina Gallery - Alicia Markova
• Andros on Ballet - Alicia Markova
• Alicia Markova dances - actual clip

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