All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they're doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps.

London: W. She also establiNinette de Valoisd the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet School. Its first performance at Sadler's Wells was on 15 May 1931.

Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE FRAD FISTD (6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer teacher choreographer and director of classical ballet. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the 'godmother' of English ballet.