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
Beryl Goldwyn Beryl Goldwyn Beryl Goldwyn, now Beryl Karney (born 31 December 1930) is an English ballet dancer. Born near London, she started dancing at the age of three. She attended the Royal Ballet School and performed with the Royal Ballet in "The Sleeping Princess" ("The Sleeping Beauty"), with Dame Margot Fonteyn, when the Royal Opera House reopened after the World War II in 1946. She danced with the Anglo Polish Ballet in 1949., and she joined the Ballet Rambert in 1950, later becoming its prima ballerina. She danced numerous roles, including "Les Sylphides", "The Nutcracker", Gala Performance, and "The Sleeping Beauty",