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Alexander Bennett (dancer)
Alexander Bennett (27 July 1929 – 15 February 2003) was a British ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet master, and teacher.〔Horst Koegler, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet'', 2d ed. (Oxford University Press, 1982), p. 53.〕
==Early life and training==
Alexander Bennett was born in Leith, the coastal district on the Firth of Forth that serves as the port of the city of Edinburgh. The younger of two sons of a working-class family—his father was a streetcar driver—he was raised by parents who valued education and who encouraged him to pursue his varied interests. As a boy, he was introduced to dance by watching the films of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly at the Alhambra Theater in Leith. Motivated to emulate them, he studied tap dance and became proficient enough to perform in concerts produced by various youth groups. A lover of classical music, he also learned to play the piano, often playing for the Boys' Brigade and for Bible class. He was educated at Trinity Academy, a comprehensive secondary school under the control of the Edinburgh City Council, where he took Highers, specializing in languages: French, German, and Latin. An accomplished athlete as well as a linguist, he also played sports on his school teams.〔Nadine Meisner, "Alexander Bennett, Linguist Turned Ballet Dancer," obituary, ''The Independent'' (London), 27 March 2003.〕
In August 1946, Bennett saw the Sadler's Wells Ballet performing in Edinburgh and was inspired, at the age of seventeen, to enroll in ballet classes with Marjorie Middleton, one of his home city's leading dance teachers. To accept the bursary offered by Middleton, he successfully applied for a nine-month deferment of his military conscription. Despite his late start in dance classes, he showed promise of developing talent, and Middleton included him in the cast of her ballet ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', performed at the Edinburgh Ballet Club in 1948. Soon thereafter, Bennett joined the British Army and was ordered to London to study Russian and to be trained as a member of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). In that capacity, he was posted to Germany for the remainder of his two-year tour of duty.〔Duncan Fisher, "Alexander Bennett, Dancer and Choreographer," obituary, ''The Scotsman'' (London), 20 February 2003.〕
Upon completion of his national service in 1950, Bennett returned to London to join the British Foreign Office, responsible for monitoring the foreign affairs of the United Kingdom. In his spare time, he resumed his dance training at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School with Vera Volkova, who, nearing the end of her tenure there, recommended that he take classes with Marie Rambert at her school in Notting Hill Gate. Although Rambert claimed to have been initially unimpressed with the abilities of the pale, sandy-haired Scotsman, when she found herself in need of a tall male dancer a few weeks later, she sent for him and asked him to join her company.〔Marie Rambert, ''Quicksilver: An Autobiography'' (London: Macmillan, 1972).〕 Faced with a choice between his secure job in the Foreign Office and the uncertain possibility of becoming a professional ballet dancer, Bennett took a risk and accepted Rambert's offer.〔Anonymous, "Alexander Bennett, Dancer Who, against Advice, Gave Up His Day Job and Went On to Be a Star of Rambert and the Royal Ballet," obituary, ''The Times'' (London), 20 February 2003.〕
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