In 1946 she joined Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet creating roles in Howard's Mardi Gras (1947) and Ashton's Valses nobles et sentimentales (1947) among others.
She excelled in romantic ballets like Les Sylphides in 1948, A Mirror for Witches (1952) and Giselle in 1954, but also created roles in MacMillan's The Burrow (1958) and The Invitation (1960).
She resigned in 1959 due to an injury to her foot, although she made occasional guest appearances until 1962.
She married Royal Ballet principal dancer John Field, who later became director of La Scala in Milan.
She was later co-director (with her husband) of the British Ballet Organisation (now known as bbodance) from 1984 until a month before his death in 1991.