Sir Anton Dolin

Sir Anton Dolin Dancer and choreographer Anton Dolin has been called “one of the most colorful and vital figures in modern ballet.” As a member of internationally known ballet companies or as director of his own troupes, this British-born artist has toured Europe and America for the past twenty years. Anton Dolin, originally Patrick Healey-Kay, was born on July 27, 1904, in Slinfold, Sussex, England. He is one of the three sons of George Henry and Helen …

…British motion pictures, which include Invitation To Waltz, Chu Chin Chow, Forbidden Territory, and Dark Red Roses. In 1945 Dolin and Markova were brought to American screen in Republic Pictures’ musical A Song for Miss Julie. The dancer has had two books published, Divertissment (1931) and Ballet Go Round (1938). He has lectured at Oxford and Cambridge universities and over the radio in England, Australia, and the United States. Dolin was knighted in 1981 and died in 1983, in Paris.