Events

1941

Principal at Sadlers Wells Ballet

1943 - 1948

Principal at Ballet Rambert

1949

Principal at National Theatre Victoria

1951

Choreographer of Apollon (Stravinsky) for the Victorian Ballet Guild

1951 - 1953

Ballet Mistress of Ballet Rambert

1953

Settled in Australia

13 March 1953

Married, Derek Ashworth Denton

1963 - 1990

Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School

1967

Choreographer of Classical Suite (Verdi) for the Australian Ballet School

1971

Choreographer of Sonata Classique (Rossini) for the Australian Ballet School

1974 - 1975

Member of the Dance Panel for the Theatre Board at Australia Council

1975

Choreographer of Recollections of a Beloved Place (Tchaikovsky) for Ballet Victoria

31 December 1976

Appointed to the Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)

1978

Victorian Committee Member of the Australian Association of Dance and Education

1980 - 1982

Board Member of the Australian Dance Theatre

13 June 1981

Appointed The Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander

1988

Honorary Life Member of Australian Ballet Foundation

1998

Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Green Room Awards

1998

Lifetime Achievement Dance Award from Australian Dance

Sources used to compile this entry: Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp; Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp.