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Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 1904 – 25 November 1983) was an English ballet dancer and choreographer.

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Anton Dolin (ballet dancer)

Ballet dancer and choreographer (1904–1983)

Sir Anton Dolin
Portrait of Sir Anton Dolin by Allan Warren
Born	Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay 27 July 1904 Slinfold, West Sussex, England
Died	25 November 1983(1983-11-25) (aged 79) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	ballet dancer and choreographer

Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 1904 – 25 November 1983)^[1] was an English ballet dancer and choreographer.

Biography

Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay (generally known as Patrick or Pat Kay to his friends). He was the second of three sons of Henry George Kay (1852–1922) and his wife, Helen Maude Chippendall Healey (1869–1960), from Dublin.^[2] He trained at Serafina Astafieva's school at The Pheasantry in London's King's Road.^[3] In 1921, he joined the Ballets Russes under the guidance of Sergei Diaghilev , the pre-eminent ballet impresario of the time, becoming a principal dancer from 1924. It was Diaghilev w

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Anton Dolin (1904-1983)

When I first met Anton Dolin, I was backstage at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. I was there as assistant director of Israel's Bat Dor Dance Company, and thrilled to be in the legendary theater and to meet the legendary Mr. Dolin. I had known about this man ever since I became interested in ballet.

Dolin was born Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay in Slinfold, England. He started his ballet studies in Brighton with Serafina Astafieva and Bronislava Nijinska. He worked as a child actor and when Serge Diaghilev produced The Sleeping Princess in London in 1921, Dolin, under the name of Patrikief, was hired as a member of the corps de ballet. At this time Russia did not let their dancers emigrate to the West, so Diaghilev was forced to hire dancers from many countries and give them Russian names.

After The Sleeping Princes Dolin left the company only to rejoin the Ballets Russes in 1924 and was immediately promoted to soloist. He created roles in Nijinska's Le Train bleu in 1924, and Balanchine's The Prodigal Son and Le Bal, both in 1929. Do

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Sir Anton Dolin

You might be surprised to learn that one of the foremost male ballet dancers of the twentieth century was a Kay. He was Sidney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey Kay, known to his family and friends as Pat Kay, but known to the wider public as Sir Anton Dolin. He was largely responsible through his efforts as a dancer and choreographer for the wide appeal that ballet has today.

Pat Kay was born on 27th July 1904 at Slinfold near Horsham in Sussex. As a child he loved performing and, encouraged by his mother, took singing, dancing and acting lessons. He first appeared professionally at the age of 12 as Peter the Cat in a Christmas play called ‘Bluebell in Fairyland’ earning £2 per week. He went on to appear in Peter Pan, playing John, for three years until his voice broke. However, it was dancing that was his first love. In 1917, he saw the great Russian ballerina Seraphina Astafieva dance at the London Coliseum and immediately applied for lessons at her school.

It was whilst he was with Astafieva that he came to the attention of Serge Diaghhilev and