| Code | DS/UK/11114 |
| Dates | 1910-1991 |
| Person Name | Bellairs; Beatrice (1910-1991); dancer, choreographer and educator |
| Surname | Bellairs |
| Forenames | Beatrice |
| Epithet | dancer, choreographer and educator |
| Activity | Bellairs was a young pupil of Ruby Ginner at the Ginner-Mawer School and later, with Pauline Grant, she founded the Grant Bellairs School of Dance and Drama in West London in 1935, which relocated to Guildford in 1945 and became the Guildford School of Acting in 1964. Bellairs was responsible for the choreography of Ken Russell's film documentary on Isadora Duncan (1966). She retired in 1986. |
| Gender | Female |
| Other Forms Of Name | Bellairs; Bice |
| Dates and Places | Born in London, the daughter of a rear admiral, she married a naval officer Alexander McKean and had three children, she died on 5 June 1991. |
| Published Works | 'Greek dance in the world of today: 2, an approach to solo choreography' (Dancing Times, London December 1966); 'Hellenic movement on a modern wavelength' (Dancing Times, London May 1965). |
| Source | Dance and Dancers September 1991; http://catnyp.nypl.org/ (17/12/08) |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| BB/T/2/1/4 | Jealousy (Jalousie) | 1926 |
| BB/T/2/1/10 | Old Time and Party Dance Album | 1953 |
| BB/T/2/1/7 | Chappell & Co.'s Annual Dance Album No. 153 | 1903 |
| BB/E/10/5 | Dick Whittington | Undated |
| BB/E/1/1 | Greek Dance publicity material | 1900s |
| BB/E/10 | Scripts and notation | 1900s |
| BB/T/2/1 | Various music | 1900-1958 |
| BB/F/20 | Irene Schnieder's family | 1870 |
| BB/H/1/1/17 | The Ginner-Mawer School at the Philbeach Hall | 11 December 1929 |
| BB/T/2/1/21 | Abe Lyman's Waltz Melodies | 1920s to 1930s |
| BB/T/2/2/1/7 | The Irish Folk Dance Book | 1950 |
| BB/T/1/19 | Théme et Variations | 1901 |
| BB/E/10/1 | Beauty and the Beast | Undated |
| BB/T/2/1/3 | St. Bernard Waltz | 1937 |
| BB/F/19 | Irene Schnieder's family | 1869 |
| BB/E/10/4 | The World's The Limit | Undated |
| BB/T/2/1/8 | Chappell & Co.'s Annual Dance Album No. 155 | 1903 |
| BB/K/1/35 | Link, The | April 1933 |
| BB/T/1/21 | Mazourka Russe by M Glinka | 1911 |
| BB/E/10/3 | The Princess Who Ran Away | 17-18 April 1942 |
| BB/T/1/2 | Hyde Park Bacchic Section | 1933 |
| BB/E/9 | Meme Williamson's notes on the history of Greece and mythology | 1900s |
| BB/T/1/20 | Herodiade opera in three acts | Undated |
| BB/A | Audio | 1900s |
| BB/E/1 | Publicity materials | 1900s |
| BB/E/4/10 | Greek Dance Festival of Youth 1965 at King George's Hall, London | 22 May 1965 |
| BB/E/6/6 | Lecture at The City Temple Hall, London 1962 | 17 May 1962 |
| BB/E/3/4 | Ruby Ginner and Joyce Hyde Cup 1961at St James's Hall, London | 24 June 1961 |
| BB/B/1 | Revived Greek Dance, The |
| BB/E/10/6 | Goody Two Shoes | 1950s |
| BB/T/2/2 | Music for National Dances | 1912-1977 |
| BB/F | Photographs | 1869-c1950 |
| BB/T/1 | Ginner Mawer music | 1900s |
| BB/F/17 | Bice Bellairs in 'L'Enfant Prodigue' | 1930s |
| BB/B/6 | Gateway to the Dance |
| BB/E/1/1/2 | Bice Bellairs publicity | 1900s |
| BB/H/1/2/5 | The Faculty of Dancing and Faculty of Music at the Princes Hall, London | 7 June 1931 |
| BB/T | Notation scores | 1900s |
| BB/T/2 | Bellairs School music | 1900-1977 |
| BB/N/4 | Ruby Ginner press cuttings book 1913-1921 | 1913-1921 |
| BB/N/5 | Ruby Ginner press cuttings 1921-1931 | 1921-1931 |
| BB/E | Papers | 1900s |
| BB/B/2 | Classical Dictionary, Biographical, Mythological, and Geographical, A |
| BB/E/3/3 | Ruby Ginner and Joyce Hyde Cup 1960 at Morley College, London | 16 July 1960 |
| BB/K/1/19 | Link, The | July 1929 |
| BB/K/1/44 | Link, The | June 1935 |
| BB/K/1/69 | Parodos | October 1941 |
| CGD | Classical Greek Dance | early 20th century-2000 |
| BB | Bice Bellairs Collection of Revived Greek Dance | 1896-1967 |
| BB/N/6 | Ruby Ginner press cuttings book 1931-1936 | 1931-1936 |