Pauline Clayden

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

Clayden was born in Greenwich, London on 12 October 1922.[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 to 1956.[3] Clayden married Major H. J. Gamble in 1948.[4]

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. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Pauline Clayden". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ^ Crosland, Margaret (1957). Ballet Carnival: A Companion to Ballet. Arco Publications. p. 16. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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