Pauline Clayden

Pauline Clayden (born 12 October 1922) is a retired British ballerina.[1]

Pauline Clayden was born in London.[2] She studied at the Cone School of Dancing.[3]

Her career started with Antony Tudor's London Ballet, then Ballet Rambert and, finally, as a soloist with Sadler's Wells Ballet from 1942-56.[3]

Clayden created roles in Ninette de Valois' Promenade, Robert Helpmann's Miracle in the Gorbals, Frederick Ashton's Tiresias and Cinderella, John Cranko's Bonne-Bouche and Andrée Howard's Veneziana. She also danced many of the roles made for Margot Fonteyn.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Noble (1949). British Ballet. S. Robinson. p. 287.
  2. ↑ "Clayden, Pauline (1922–)". HighBeam. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pauline Clayden". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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