→ Gwenethe Walshe (5 February 1908[1] – 22 January 2006)[2] was a leading British Latin and ballroom dancer.
Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, she lived most of her life in England and moved to Australia after her retirement.
During World War II she worked by day as a WVS nurse and by night continued to run classes, even during air raids.
[3] Taught latin dance by the leading experts of the day, Monsieur Pierre (Pierre Zurcher-Margolle) and Doris Lavelle, Gwenethe and her partner Dimitri Petrides won the first Latin dance competitions.
In particular, she helped to develop the technique of latin dancing and the framework for its teaching and competition assessment.