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3 unusual facts about Dartington


Ctirad Kohoutek

In 1963, he attended the Summer School of Music in Dartington, he attended also courses of Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti in Darmstadt (1965).

Derek Bellotti

Bellotti is currently managing director of Kingfisher Print and Design, a print firm based in Dartington.

Nouritza Matossian

Educated in England, she graduated with Honours in Philosophy (B.Phil) from Bedford College, University of London, then studied music, theatre and mime in Dartington and Paris; she has a command of nine languages.


Lucas Hoving

Born Lucas Philippus Hovinga in Groningen, Holland, Hoving studied dance with Florrie Rodrigo and Yvonne Georgi in Amsterdam before earning a scholarship to the Jooss School in Dartington, England.

Mark Fry

On leaving Dartington in 1970 he enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, where he studied painting under the Futurist Primo Conti.

Mary Woodvine

Woodvine, along with Rory Wilton, Jerome Wright and Kirsty Osmon together developed, poet Murray Lachlan Young's first play, The Incomers during a residency at The Space, Dartington Hall Trust.

Orlando Jopling

After a music degree from Cambridge University, Orlando studied with Sir Colin Davis, George Hurst and Colin Metters at the RAM and Diego Masson at Dartington.

Rupert Taylor

He was educated at the progressive independent Dartington Hall School in Devon and completed a BA degree in Politics and Government at the University of Kent in 1980, followed by an MSc at the London School of Economics in 1981 and a PhD in Sociology at Kent, completed in 1986.

Wayne Hockley

In March 2000 he was playing for Galmpton United, but by July 2001 was back with Dartington S.C., playing in a friendly against Torquay United in a game in which he was marked by his younger brother Matt, who was also a professional with Torquay United, making over 200 appearances for the club between 2000 and 2008.


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