[2] Upon finding that only the strict Russian systems of ballet training really helped, she became a pupil of Faith de Villiers, a popular teacher of the Cecchetti method in Johannesburg, not far from her home town.
With Anthony Dowell and Robert Mead, she danced in the premiere of Monotones (1965), a mesmerizing pas de trois of amazing plasticity and coordination set to the gently haunting Gymnopédies of Erik Satie as orchestrated by Claude Debussy and Alexis Roland-Manuel.
In 1972, she danced with Barry McGrath in Siesta, a sultry, erotic pas de deux set to the music of Sir William Walton and created as a pièce d'occasion for his seventieth birthday.
In the latter work, identified as a "ballet pantomimico" by its composer, Lorrayne danced the role of the Andalusian gypsy girl Candela, who is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.
Finally, shortly before she left the company, David Bintley created a fitting farewell role for her in the lightly lyrical Meadow of Proverbs (1979), set to music of Darius Milhaud.
[6] Because of her pure classical technique, Lorrayne was cast in many major works in the Royal Ballet repertory, including The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, and The Nutcracker.
Besides frequent appearances on the stage of the Royal Opera House, she toured with the company around the world, to Europe, the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Australia.