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Code	DS/UK/2554
Name	Dolin; Sir; Anton (1904-1983); English ballet dancer, choreographer
Variations of Name	Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay \| Patrick Kay
Dates	1904-1983
Gender	Male
Biography	Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 1904 25 November 1983) was an English ballet dancer and choreographer. Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay but was generally known as Patrick Kay. He joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921, was a principal there from 1924, and was a principal with the Vic-Wells Ballet in the 1930s. There he danced with Alicia Markova, with whom he went on to found the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the London Festival Ballet. He joined the Ballet Theatre as when it was formed in 1940 and remained there as a dancer and choreographer until 1946. Dolin wrote several books, including the autobiography Ballet Go Round (1938) and Alicia Markova: Her Life and Art (1953). He was knighted in 1981. He is featured in the documentary film A Portrait of Giselle. For many years he lived with the ballet dancer John Gilpin.

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