Darcey Bussell: ( on Sir Kenneth MacMillan) He needed a new muse. I was lucky. I was in the right place at the right time.
Darcey Bussell: The creation of the Dance Manifesto is an important step forward in the development of dance in this country and I am proud to have been able to present it to the government on behalf of the British dance industry.
Darcey Bussell: I've had a sweet pea named after me and a horse named after me but never before a building. It's very exciting.
Darcey Bussell: Making the decision to cease being a Principal of the Royal Ballet has not been easy for me. I am devoted to the Company and always will be. I am so fortunate to enter my nineteenth season in good health feeling passionate and enthusiastic about my work. However, I have always wanted to end my full-time career still dancing the full classical repertoire at the standard to which I aspire. I will now have more time to spend with my family and be able to be more selective with repertoire choices.
A full-length portrait of Darcey by Allen Jones RA was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and unveiled on 23 May 1994.
In 1990, she received three Awards: the Evening Standard Ballet Award, the Variety Club of Great Britain's Sir James Garreras Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and the title 'Dancer of the Year' from London's Dance and Dancers magazine.
Darcey is married to Angus Forbes, an Australian banker, and they have two daughters, Phoebe Olivia, born in 2001, and Zoe Sophia, born in 2004.
Her first leading role in a ballet came at the age of nineteen, when she played Princess Rose in Sir Benjamin Britten's The Prince of the Pagodas.
Her first screen appearance was as the Prima Ballerina in Brian Large's Gala Tribute to Tchaikovsky (1993).
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