Angela Redgrave
{{Short description|British dance teacher (1917–2024)}}
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Grace Angela Redgrave BEM (1917 – 13 April 2024) was a British dance teacher who was the founder of the Bristol School of Dancing
Biography
Redgrave was born in Finchley, London in 1917.{{Cite news |date=2022-06-02 |title=Queen’s Jubilee birthday honours: 104-year-old dance teacher praised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61658999 |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} She grew up in Watford before moving to Somerset after the Second World War where she restarted her teacher training. She was trained as a dancer by the Royal Academy of Dancing Syllabus.{{Cite news |title=Centenarian dance teacher speaks of delight at being awarded BEM |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/watford-bristol-london-somerset-finchley-b2092276.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220610071913/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/watford-bristol-london-somerset-finchley-b2092276.html |archive-date=2022-06-10 |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}} She eventually opened her own dance school where she taught thousands of young people.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Dance teacher who inspired thousands of students dies aged 106 |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/dance-teacher-who-inspired-thousands-of-students-dies-aged-106-7C5G5UOOMNLCLM7A3SA6M4SEAU/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Irish News |language=en}} She was the principal of the Bristol School of Dancing for over fifty years.{{Cite web |last=gbrindle |date=2024-05-01 |title=Dance legend dies at 106 |url=https://cliftonvoice.co.uk/2024/05/01/dance-legend-dies-at-106/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Clifton Voice |language=en-GB}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her daughter organised virtual dance lessons.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Dance teacher who inspired thousands of students dies aged 106 |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/24252372.dance-teacher-inspired-thousands-students-dies-aged-106/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Bournemouth Echo |language=en}}
In 2022, she was awarded a British Empire Medal.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022: Full list of recipients in the Bristol area |url=https://www.bristolworld.com/news/queens-birthday-honours-2022-full-list-of-recipients-in-the-bristol-area-3716938 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=BristolWorld |language=en}} At 104, she was the oldest recipient at the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours.{{Cite news |date=2022-06-02 |title=Queen’s Jubilee birthday honours: 104-year-old dance teacher praised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61658999 |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} She was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal Academy of Dance.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Bristol dance teacher Angela Redgrave dies aged 106 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80zwkplxpjo |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
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Category:Recipients of the British Empire Medal
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Category:British dance teachers
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