Margaret Dale (30 December 1922 – 28 January 2010) was a British dancer who later became a producer and Director of Dance for BBC television.
[1] Between the 1940s and 1950s, she showed a flair for comedy, and sparkling technique when the company[clarification needed] toured Europe and North America after World War II ended.
One of Dale's greatest achievements came when she filmed Ashton's two-act ballet La Fille Mal Gardée, with its original cast for television, uncut, shortly after it had triumphed in both New York City and Russia in 1960.
Her black and white film documents the work's first cast and the choreographic details that were changed in subsequent performances.
[2] In 1976, after retiring from the BBC, Dale taught in Canada, chairing the department of dance at York University in Toronto.