Annette Page

When she was twelve she auditioned for Ninette de Valois, who offered her a scholarship to attend the Royal Ballet School, at which she began during the final year of the Second World War.

"[citation needed] She did, however, rise to become a principal ballerina dancing all the great classical and romantic roles, usually partnered by her husband Ronald Hynd.

Other partners included Christopher Gable, Donald MacLeary, Anthony Dowell and Rudolf Nureyev, with whom she danced The Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadere.

Her farewell performance was in April 1967 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where she danced the role of Lise in Ashton's La fille mal gardée.

Page was later to assist her husband, Ronald Hynd, during his directorship of The Bavarian State Ballet, Munich and was a Member of The Arts Council of Great Britain.