Person Open DS/UK/22260 Wicks; Stephen (c 1959); British ballet dancer, florist store owner Wicks Stephen c 1959 British ballet dancer, florist store owner Male London, England (born - inferred)

"My first job was with Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet. I wasn't a natural dancer but I was good at making people laugh, so did character roles like Dr Coppelius. In 1990 I moved to the Royal, but I found the organisation too big; I started to get terrible stage fright and by the time I turned 35 I was ready to start a new career. With another dancer, Mark Welford, I opened a shop, Bloomsbury Flowers in 1994. It's in Covent Garden and we do loads of work for the Opera House, all the big floral arrangements and the dancers' bouquets. Mark and I perform our own stage show, too: we talk about our careers and do a live flower arrangement to the music of the Rose Adagio. Audiences love it." https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jan/09/dance (March 2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHAKirkbride 3/8/2019 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 a6fbc2b2-0ce7-419f-93da-f0dac7619d23