Margaret Craske

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Margaret Craske
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Born26 November 1892
Norfolk, England
Died18 February 1990(1990-02-18) (aged 97)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
NationalityBritish
Other namesMargareta Krasova
Occupationballet dancer, ballet teacher, writer on ballet
Known forCecchetti method

Margaret Craske (26 November 1892 – 18 February 1990) was a British ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher of ballet.

Life[]

Margaret Craske was born on 26 November 1892 in Norfolk, England,[1] daughter of Edmund and Hannah Craske.[2] She was a pupil and disciple of Enrico Cecchetti. When Cecchetti retired to Italy in 1923 she took over teaching at his studio in West Street, London.[3] She taught and developed the Cecchetti method in England and later in the United States. From 1931 until her death she was a follower of Meher Baba.[4]

She lived in India from 1939 until 1946, when she moved to the United States and resumed teaching, first at the American Ballet Theatre. From 1950 she taught at the , and from 1968 until 1983 at the .[1]

Her pupils include many of the most important names in ballet in the English-speaking world, among them Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Cyril Beaumont, Robert Helpmann and Antony Tudor.[3][5]

Publications[]

The published works of Margaret Craske include:

  • Margaret Craske, Cyril William Beaumont (1930). The Theory and Practice of Allegro in Classical Ballet (Cecchetti Method). [London]: C. W. Beaumont.
  •  ——— , Friderica Derra de Moroda (1956). The Theory and Practice of Advanced Allegro in Classical Ballet, Cecchetti method ... Edited with a preface by Cyril Beaumont. London: C. W. Beaumont.
  •  ———  (1980). The Dance of Love: my life with Meher Baba. North Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Press. ISBN 9780913078402.
  •  ———  (1990). Still Dancing with Love: more stories of life with Meher Baba. Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Press. ISBN 9780913078648.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Debra Craine, Judith Mackrell (2010). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199563449. p. 110.
  2. ^ Public Record Office, East-Suffolk County Administration, Reference: RG 13/1802, p. 17.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Peggy van Praagh (1984). Working with Antony Tudor, Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1984), Edinburgh University Press. pp. 56-67. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Jennifer Dunning (1990). Margaret Craske Is Dead at 97; Directed Met Opera Ballet School]. The New York Times, 23 February 1990. p. B5.
  5. ^ [s.n.] ([n.d.]). Pioneers - Margaret Craske Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cecchetti International Classical Ballet. Accessed December 2013.
  6. ^ Craske, Margaret (1990) Still dancing with love : more stories of life with Meher Baba, Sheriar Press. pp. 103–104. LCCN 89-78069.
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