Pupils of Nicolas G. Legat’s London studio

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the not very well known Nicolas Legat ballet teaching in London. From 1923 to 1937 (the year of his death) the years Legat spent in emigration, he opened a few different studios in London, from the small “drill-hall near Swiss Cottage” (A. Dolin) in Hampstead in 1923 to the large and airy studio in Colet House in 1932, where the great teacher lived and coached in his last years. The studio atmosphere was fondly remembered by his pupils, who later became a well known figures of the English ballet, such as Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Alan Carter, Margo Fonteyn, Michel Somes, Mona Inglesby, Moira Shearer.