David Poole (dancer)

David Poole
Born	17 September 1925 Cape Town, South Africa
Died	27 August 1991 Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation	Ballet dancer

David Poole (born 17 September 1925 in Cape Town, South Africa; died 27 August 1991 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a South African ballet dancer. He trained under Dulcie Howes at the UCT Ballet School before moving to Sadler's Wells Ballet School. In 1947, he joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet where he became a principal in 1948. He transferred to the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company in 1955. He left the Royal Ballet in 1956 to dance with Ballet Rambert and the Edinburgh International Ballet before returning to South Africa in 1959 to teach. He became the ballet master of CAPAB (since renamed the Cape Town City Ballet Company) in 1963 and in 1967 he became the artistic director. He retired in 1990. The charity Dance for All which started as "Ballet for All" was the brainchild of David Poole. The David Poole Trust Fund still funds this organization.

He created roles in:

• John Cranko's Sea Change, 1949
• John Cranko's Beauty and the Beast, 1949
• John Cranko's Pineapple Poll, 1951
• Rodrigues's Blood Wedding , 1953
• John Cranko's The Lady and the Fool, 1954
• Kenneth MacMillan's Danses concertantes, 1955
• Kenneth MacMillan's House of Birds, 1955

External links

• [1] David Poole at Answers.com

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Name	Poole, David
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Date of birth	17 September 1925
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death	27 August 1991
Place of death	Cape Town, South Africa