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27/01/2017
Blue Plaque Unveiled For Holocaust Survivor Helen Lewis
Dance teacher and Holocaust survivor Helen Lewis has been honoured with the unveiling of a blue plaque at an arts centre in Belfast.
Mrs Lewis, who died in 2009 aged 93, created the first modern dance work in Northern Ireland for the Belfast Ballet Club in 1956, and subsequently founded the Belfast Modern Dance Group, whose first performance was in 1962.
She wrote of her experiences during her early life in her memoir from 1992, A Time to Speak, and was appointed an MBE in 2001. She was also awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast.
The plaque was unveiled at the Crescent Arts Centre by the Lord Mayor of Belfast Brian Kingston.
Pic: Pacemaker
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Mrs Lewis, who died in 2009 aged 93, created the first modern dance work in Northern Ireland for the Belfast Ballet Club in 1956, and subsequently founded the Belfast Modern Dance Group, whose first performance was in 1962.
She wrote of her experiences during her early life in her memoir from 1992, A Time to Speak, and was appointed an MBE in 2001. She was also awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast.
The plaque was unveiled at the Crescent Arts Centre by the Lord Mayor of Belfast Brian Kingston.
Pic: Pacemaker
(CD/LM)
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