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
Mother Marie-Anastasie Mother Marie-Anastasie Mother Marie-Anastasie, formerly Alexandrine Conduché, (November 17, 1833 – April 21, 1878) had her initial formation with her Notre Dame Sisters of the Rodez diocese and later, she founded the Notre-Dame Dominican Congregation of Saint-Rosaire of Monteils. Alexandrine Conduché was born November 17, 1833 in Compeyre, France. From a poor, lower class household, she had a good education and religious background. Her maternal uncle was Father Artières, a priest in Tizac. She moved to Tizac to the parsonage of Father Artières when she was 13 years of age. Realizing her aptitude, he opened a school and Conduché taught