Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Derek Rencher (born 6 June 1932) is a retired English ballet dancer. He is known for his long association with The Royal Ballet.Rencher was born in Birmingham, and studied at the Royal College of Art in London before training as a dancer. In 1953 he joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet (as the company was known until the grant of its Royal Charter in 1956); he was promoted to soloist in 1957 and then to principal. He created roles in Elektra, Persephone, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Enigma Variations, Shadowplay, Anastasia, Rituals, A Month in the Country, The Dream, Isadora, The Tempest and Winter Dreams.His repertoire included Swan Lake, The Firebird, Cinderella, Hamlet, Mam'zelle Angot, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sylvia, Les Illuminations, The Prince of the Pagodas, The Lady and the Fool, Mayerling, and La Bayadère.He has designed for the Australian Ballet (One in Five), the Philadelphia Ballet (Swan Lake) and the Royal Ballet (costumes for Lament of the Waves and Siesta).. }
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- Derek_Rencher abstract "Derek Rencher (born 6 June 1932) is a retired English ballet dancer. He is known for his long association with The Royal Ballet.Rencher was born in Birmingham, and studied at the Royal College of Art in London before training as a dancer. In 1953 he joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet (as the company was known until the grant of its Royal Charter in 1956); he was promoted to soloist in 1957 and then to principal. He created roles in Elektra, Persephone, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Enigma Variations, Shadowplay, Anastasia, Rituals, A Month in the Country, The Dream, Isadora, The Tempest and Winter Dreams.His repertoire included Swan Lake, The Firebird, Cinderella, Hamlet, Mam'zelle Angot, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sylvia, Les Illuminations, The Prince of the Pagodas, The Lady and the Fool, Mayerling, and La Bayadère.He has designed for the Australian Ballet (One in Five), the Philadelphia Ballet (Swan Lake) and the Royal Ballet (costumes for Lament of the Waves and Siesta).".