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(1888–1982), Polish-British dancer and teacher, who exerted a lasting effect on British ballet. Born Miriam Rambach in Warsaw, she went to Paris to study medicine. Learning eurhythmics from the Swiss founder of the technique, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, she taught it to the ballet company of the Russian impresario Sergey Diaghilev (thereby influencing the choreography of the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky). She then studied ballet with the Italian teacher Enrico Cecchetti, danced briefly with the Diaghilev company, and in 1917 went to London. Opening a school in 1920, she trained such notable British dancers and choreographers as Antony Tudor and Sir Frederick Ashton. Her company, Ballet Rambert, promoted the work of many British choreographers and stage designers.
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