Rambert Dance Company Rambert Dance Company Rambert, (known as Rambert Dance Company before 2014) is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it exerted a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, continues to be one of the world's most renowned dance companies. It has previously been known as the Ballet Club, and the Ballet Rambert. Dame Marie Rambert (1888–1982), founder of Rambert Dance Company, was born in Warsaw, Poland where she was inspired to become a dancer after
Marie Rambert in 1987. Rambert is known for helping to create and keep the ballet community strong in Britain. ""The creation of Ballet in Britain is one of the grandest achievements in the artistic annals of our century. It is owed absolutely to the idealism which fired Rambert and Ninette de Valois"", the founder of The Royal Ballet. She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1962 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. She died on 12 June 1982 and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 17 June. Her ashes are