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Violet Helen CAPELL [1904-1980]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Capell
Given: 
Violet Helen
Birth
Date: 
1904-10-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Victoria
Death
Date: 
1980-07-16

In 1920 Violet Capell became the first full time ballet teacher in Hong Kong. She had a working relationship with Daisy O'Keefe. At the beginning all her stduents were westerners but by 1937 about half of her students were Asians 

Source: Developing Dance Education in Hong Kong and the Mainland China by Pearl Chan 2011 

Mentioned in Betty Steel's Diary - impressions of an upbringing in 1920s Hong Kong

Birthplace (country): 
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