30 March 2018(2018-03-30) (aged 97) London, England
Occupation
Historian, lawyer and administrator
Nationality
British
Period
1953–2008
Genre
History
Subject
Ballet, Napoleon III
Notable awards
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2000
Spouse
Ann Hutchinson Guest
(m. 1962)
Relatives
Ernest Lucas Guest (uncle)
Ivor Forbes Guest DUniv MA FRAD (14 April 1920 – 30 March 2018[1]) was a British historian and writer, best known for his study of ballet. He was chairman of the Royal Academy of Dance for twenty three years (1970–93) and has been a Vice-President since 1993[2] and Secretary then Trustee of the Radcliffe Trust.[3][4] In 1997 he was made a Doctor of the University by the University of Surrey, its highest honorary doctorate.[5]
He was married to the movement notation expert Ann Hutchinson Guest and acted as a trustee of the Language of Dance Centre, which she founded.[6]
^Macaulay, Alastair (9 April 2018). "Ivor Guest, 97, Dies; Transformed Study of Dance History". The New York Times. London. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^"Royal Academy of Dance – Vice Presidents". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^"The Radcliffe Trust". Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^"Charity Performance". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^Dorris, George (2001). "'Ivor Guest – An Appreciation'". Dance Chronicle. 24 (1, Tribute to Ivor Guest). Marcel Dekker, Inc: 1–5. doi:10.1081/dnc-100103139. JSTOR 1568050. S2CID 194056378.
^"Language of Dance Centre – People Involved". Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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