Choreographer · Ballet Dancer

Joy Newton

Ballet dancer 1913—1996

Born 1913Died 1996United Kingdom

Joy Newton was a British choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1913, who died in 1996.

Biography

Joy Newton (May 1913 – 4 April 1996) was an English ballet dancer and teacher. She was one of the six young women who became the first members of the opera ballet at The Old Vic theatre and was a minor soloist and character dancer. Newton was the first teacher and principal of the National Turkish Ballet School from 1947 to 1951 and taught at the Royal Ballet School between 1963 and 1969.

From the Wikipedia article “Joy Newton”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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