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Vivien Bridson

Vivien Bridson, born 02.06.1937 in Douglas Isle of Man, daughter of Hilda and James Marshall, elder sister Kathleen, younger brother John. Vivien has had and continues to have a long international career in contemporary dance and in film.Now 80 she is working as an actress in film and as a teacher with a weekly open professional class at The Place, the home of London Contemporary Dance School and Company. As a child and adolescent,in the Island Vivien danced and was lucky to belong to the Manx Ballet Company Directed then by Monica Mudie, a former dancer from Rambert who had settled in the Island after marrying one of the leading judges. Extraordinarily Mrs Mudie taught in all the Island's Secondary Schools, travelling around in all weathers in a little car, with her records and wind up Gramophone. Believe it or not, she was magic and inspired in many a love of dance, and in some a wish to dance as a career. Not only did she give a sound basic Classical training - she created many Ballets with her dancers. The Repertory was eventually seen in London in a performance at St Pancras Town Hall.Vivien eventually went to study at the Art of Movement Studio, directed by Lisa Ullmann, sponsored by two Scholarships, one from the Charles Henry Foyle Foundation and the second from Dartington Hall through Bill Elmhurst.