Phillip J. S. Richardson (full name: Phillip John Sampey Richardson; 1875–1963)
was a British writer on dancing.
["Philip J. S. Richardson" ''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'', 2000, p. 394]
He was born in
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Winthorpe is a village located northeast of Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 650.
The name is probably from old English wynne þrop ( thorp), hamlet of joy.
Winthorpe has a village hall, a loca ...
, UK, on 17 March 1875, and died in London, on 17 February 1963. He was the editor of ''
Dancing Times
''Dancing Times'' is a dancing magazine based in the UK, the oldest dance magazine to be still published. The magazine helped found the Royal Academy of Dance, the Camargo Society, and the British Dance Council
The British Dance Council was f ...
'' from 1910 until 1957, founded ''The Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain'' (later the
Royal Academy of Dance
"Health and happiness"
, predecessor =
, successor =
, formation = 1920
, extinction =
, type = NGO
, status = Registered charity
, purpose = Examination board – dance education and training
, headquarters = 36 Battersea SquareSW11 3 ...
), in 1920, and the ''International Council of Ballroom Dancing'' (later
World Dance Council
The World Dance Council Ltd (WDC), is a registered limited company, the legal successor to the ''International Council of Ballroom Dancing'', and was established at a meeting organized by Phillip J. S. Richardson on 22 September 1950 in Edinburgh, ...
) in 1950.
He received an
OBE in 1951, and the
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award is an honour presented annually by the Royal Academy of Dance, to people who have made a significant contribution to the ballet and dance industry. The award was instituted by Dame Adeline Genee in 1953, t ...
in 1963. He was also a collector of rare dance books which he bequeathed to the Royal Academy of Dancing. After they had been in the library of the academy for 35 years the collection was sold. Parts of it but not all had been microfilmed.
[Goff, Moira "Sale of the Richardson collection of dance literature" ''Rare Books Newsletter''; 61, Spring 1999; pp. 33-35]
Books
* Richardson, P. J. S., and Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball. ''The Americans' Mecca: Paris and the Beautiful Land of France.'' London: Middleton, 1910.
* Tynegate-Smith, Eve, and P. J. S. Richardson.'' The Textbook of Modern Ballroom Dancing.'' London: Dancing Times, 1933.
* Richardson, Phillip John Sampey.'' A History of English Ballroom Dancing (1910-45); The Story of the Development of the Modern English Style.'' London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1946.
* Richardson, Philip John Sampey, and Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. ''Bibliographical Descriptions of Forty Rare Books Relating to the Art of Dancing.'' London: Dancing Times, ltd, 1954.
* Richardson, P. J. S. ''The Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century in England.'' London: H. Jenkins, 1960.
References
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British writers
1875 births
1963 deaths
Officers of the Order of the British Empire