Dame Margot Fonteyn
There is a very slight and very tenuous link between the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama and one of the world’s greatest ever ballerinas – Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991). Born in England, Margot was ...
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Cercle Funambulesque
Unless otherwise stated, the quotes in this blog post are from an article written by Irene Mawer in The Link, which contained the newsletter of the Ginner-Mawer School of Mime and Movement, Miss Mawer wrote ...
Central School Curriculum in 1930s.
Central School in 1930s. Irene Mawer trained under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1914/15/16. Mawer had done some training and had taken paid employment before enrolling at Central, so ...
Holloway Prison Visit by Irene Mawer
Irene Mawer cared about people. Not only were many of the Ginner-Mawer performances charity fund-raisers, but I think that she in herself was a caring person. Her Great-Niece speaks very highly of the care and ...
Connecting Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer
Connecting Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer In this blog post, I will explain how Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer are strongly connected through the art of mime. Bruford was a pupil of Mawer, and was ...