Dolin, Anton, originally Patrick Healey-Kay 1904-83
English dancer and choreographer

Born in Slinfold, Sussex, he studied under Grace and Lilly Cone, Serafoma Astafoeva and Bronislava Nijinska, and was a principal with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, from 1924, for which he danced in Michel Fokine's Spectre de la Rose and George Balanchine's Le Bal and The Prodigal Son (1929). He was a founder-member of the Camargo Society and a principal with the Vic-Wells Ballet during the 1930s, co-founding the Markova-Dolin Ballet in 1935. The partnership became known particularly for its interpretation of Giselle. From 1950 to 1961 he served as London Festival Ballet's first artistic director, choreographing for the company. His list of works includes Rhapsody in Blue (1928), Variations for Four (1957) and Pas de deux for Four (1967). He wrote The Life and Art of Alicia Markova (1953) and published his autobiography in 1960.

Bibliography: Last Words: A Final Autobiography (1985)