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6 unusual facts about Antoinette Sibley


Antoinette Sibley

On 24 October 1959, Sibley was unexpectedly allowed to dance the leading role in Swan Lake partnered by the principal dancer, Michael Somes.

Further roles were in Ashton's ballets, Symphonic Variations and Daphnis and Chloe, Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering and Afternoon of a Faun.

From 1964 to 1973 Sibley was married to the dancer Michael Somes.

Her first appearance on the stage was as a swan in Swan Lake in January 1956, when still a student.

She also danced the major roles of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, the title role in Giselle and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty.

Kristie Reeves

And it was Pamela May who coached her for her performance at the Royal Academy of Dance's Promotional Dance Day in Eindhoven, Holland, led by the Academy's president Antoinette Sibley.



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