Pauline Clayden
Pauline Clayden (born 12 October 1922) is a British retired ballerina.
Clayden was born in
Sadler's Wells Ballet from 1942 to 1956.[2]
Clayden married Major H. J. Gamble in 1948.[3] She created roles in Ninette de Valois' Promenade, Robert Helpmann's Miracle in the Gorbals, Frederick Ashton's Tiresias and Cinderella, John Cranko's Bonne-Bouche and Andrée Howard's Veneziana. She also danced many of the roles originally created for Margot Fonteyn, already established although only three years older than Clayden.[2]
Clayden turned 100 on 12 October 2022.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Clayden, Pauline (1922–)". HighBeam. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Pauline Clayden". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Crosland, Margaret (1957). Ballet Carnival: A Companion to Ballet. Arco Publications. p. 16. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Macaulay, Alastair. "Pauline Clayden, now aged one hundred, and her menagerie of ballet roles". alastairmacaulay.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ @TheRoyalBallet (October 12, 2022). "🎂 Happy 100th birthday to Pauline Clayden, a soloist of Sadler's Wells Ballet from 1942-56!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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