Carolyn George (September 6, 1927 – February 10, 2009) was an American ballerina, photographer, and dance instructor.
She started her professional dance career in 1952 in Broadway musicals and joined New York City Ballet (NYCB) on its European tour that year in George Balanchine's Swan Lake.
She rose to the rank of soloist, created roles in Todd Bolender's Souvenirs, William Dollar's Five Gifts and Jerome Robbins' Fanfare and appeared in the 1954 revival of On Your Toes, which Balanchine had choreographed.
It was at NYCB that she met her husband Jacques d'Amboise, whom she married on New Years Day, 1956.
[1] Photographs for the book, by Jacques d'Amboise and Hope Cooke, titled Teaching the Magic of Dance, published by Simon & Schuster[clarification needed].