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Doreen Bird was born on 27 January, 1928 in United Kingdom, is an A 20th-century english women educator. Discover Doreen Bird's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?
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Doreen Bird Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Doreen Bird worth at the age of 76 years old? Doreen Bird’s income source is mostly from being a successful educator. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Doreen Bird's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Doreen Bird MA FISTD ARAD (27 January 1928 – 4 February 2004) was a British dance teacher and founder of the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent (now Southeast London).
She was a fellow, examiner, lecturer, committee and council member of the ISTD, life member of the RAD, and Honorary MA.
In 1945, Bird founded the Doreen Bird School of Dance, the predecessor of today's Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance.
Bird initially taught her students in her parents' living room then a local church hall, before opening a full-time performing arts course at permanent premises in Sidcup.
She was appointed an examiner of the Modern Theatre Branch in 1957, National Dance Branch in 1958 and Imperial Ballet Branch in 1964, travelling the world as a representative of the society.
Bird served as a member of the ISTD Grand Council from 1970 to 1975, and became a committee member of the Modern Theatre Branch in 1970, a post which she held for sixteen years until 1986.
During her time as a committee member of the ISTD, Bird was influential in the examination of dance and the modernisation of the organisations syllabus and approach to teaching young dancers.
As a member of the Modern Theatre Branch, Bird helped to compile all the society's new Major examination syllabi for Modern Dance and Tap Dance.
Much of this work is still used today, although the syllabi are often revised to keep up to date with current trends in dance.
This became the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts and Bird remained principal of the college until her retirement in 1998, when the name Bird College was adopted under its new principal.
The college is one of the United Kingdom's leading institutions for specialist dance and musical theatre training, with many ex-students of the college appearing in dance and theatre Worldwide including West End and Broadway theatre.
The college now operates a range of courses including the National Diploma in Musical Theatre and the BA (Hons) Degree in Dance & Theatre Performances, both courses being established during Bird's tenure as principal.
The college has continued to expand since Bird died, becoming the first college of its kind in the UK to offer an MA Degree (by research), as subject specialist provider for the University of Greenwich.
Prior to her death from Leukaemia in 2004, she had been studying towards a Ph.D.
As well as being a respected dance figure in the United Kingdom, Bird also travelled the World as a lecturer and adjudicator specialising in dance and musical theatre.
The college which Bird founded is now recognised Internationally as a centre of excellence for dance and performing arts, with its students working worldwide in high-profile areas of the performing industry including West End and Broadway theatre.
Since October 2007, the college has also been the official provider of music and dance services for the London Borough of Bexley.
Doreen Bird was a member of the ISTD, an international dance examination board based in London, England.
As a life member of the organisation, she served as a teacher, examiner, lecturer, committee and council member.
