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Peter Wright

British ballet teacher, choreographer, director and former professional dancer

Born 1926 · LondonUnited Kingdom

Peter Wright is a British choreographer, ballet dancer and ballet master, born in 1926 in London.

Biography

Sir Peter Wright CBE (born 25 November 1926) is a British ballet teacher, choreographer, director and former professional dancer. He worked as a choreographer and as the artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, a classical ballet company based in Birmingham, England. On retiring from the company in 1995, he was bestowed the honorary title of director laureate of the company.

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Contemporaries

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Irving Davies

Welsh dancer and choreographer

1926–2002
Gillian Lynne

Gillian Lynne

British ballet dancer, actress, choreographer and director (1926-2018)

1926–2018
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Anne Woolliams

British choreographer and artistic director

1926–1999
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Philip Chatfield

artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet

1927–2021
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Marjorie Lynette Sigley

English artist, writer, actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and television producer

1928–1997
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Kenneth MacMillan

British ballet dancer and choreographer (1929–1992)

1929–1992
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Ernest Maxin

British television director and presenter

1923–2018
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Bob Anderson

British actor and fencer (1922-2012)

1922–2012

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