In 1941 Beryl Grey, who has died aged 95, became known as Britain’s “baby ballerina” when she joined Sadler’s Wells Ballet at the age of 14, becoming a soloist for the company the following year. She toured Britain as a teenager, dancing nine performances a week, and on her 15th birthday danced Odette-Odile in the complete Swan... read full story
"nothing fudged or blurred; nothing uncertain; the choreography understood, the choreographer honoured, and her companion artists respected – but that pleasure in her performance was both ours as the audience and hers as a dancer."