Dorothea Ashbridge

At age 17 she left South Africa for London after an invitation from the Sadler's Wells Ballet School.

[3] In 1966, after emigrating to New Zealand, Ashbridge branched out from ballet to choreograph pop music television shows C'mon!

[1][4] Ashbridge taught a number of New Zealand dancers and choreographers including Douglas Wright, Mark Baldwin and dancers in the Limbs Dance Company where she was the resident ballet mistress from 1979 to 1989.

[1][6] Ashbridge served on the jury of World Ballet Competitions held in France, China and Japan.

[7] Ashbridge was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to ballet, in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.