Choreographer · Ballet Dancer

Margaret Scott

Australian ballerina

Born 1922 · JohannesburgDied 2019South AfricaAustralia

Margaret Scott was a South African choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1922 in Johannesburg, who died in 2019.

Biography

Dame Catherine Margaret Mary Scott, (26 April 1922 – 24 February 2019) was a South African-born pioneering ballet dancer who found fame as a teacher, choreographer, and school administrator in Australia. After having worked in England with the Sadler's Wells Ballet, she came to Australia to serve as the first director of the Australian Ballet School, she is recognised as one of the founders of the strong ballet tradition of her adopted country.

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