orig. Sydney F.P.C. Healey-Kay
born July 27, 1904, Slinfold, Sussex, Eng.
died Nov. 25, 1983, Paris, Fr.
British dancer and choreographer.
In 1921 he joined the Ballets Russes , where he created leading roles as a soloist. In the 1930s and 1940s he helped form several ballet companies; in 1949 he and his partner Alicia Markova founded the forerunner of London's Festival Ballet, of which he was artistic director and premier dancer until 1961. He created leading roles in Le Train bleu , Job , and Bluebeard , choreographed works such as Capriccioso (1940), The Romantic Age (1942), and Variations for Four (1957), and wrote several books on dance.