LONDON.- With the recent revelations of Dame Margot
Fonteyn’s part in the attempted Panamanian coup of 1959, it is clear there are
many untold stories in the distinguished life of The Royal Ballet. This
fascinating story starts in County Wicklow, Ireland and continues each day The
Royal Ballet take to the stage. A new retrospective exhibition Invitation to the
Ballet: Ninette de Valois and the story of The Royal Ballet, tells the story of
The Royal Ballet from its foundations in the late 1920s to the present day. It
is the first exhibition to pay tribute to the Company’s founder, Ninette de
Valois, and is the most comprehensive exhibition on The Royal Ballet to be
staged outside London.