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
- ^ Peter Noble (1949). British Ballet. S. Robinson. p. 287.
- ^ "Clayden, Pauline (1922–)". HighBeam. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Pauline Clayden". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.