Ballerina Grey Obituary, Death – Since she was four years old, Beryl has been training in the art of ballet. When she was just ten years old, she was awarded a scholarship to study ballet at the Vic-Wells Ballet School, and then, when she was fourteen, she became a member of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. Her performances in 1957 as Odette/Odile with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and Giselle with the Kirov Dance in Leningrad established her place in the annals of ballet history. Both ballet companies were located in the Soviet Union.
She continued to work as a guest dancer for companies all over the world until the middle of the 1960s, during which time she was engaged in the dance industry. She was given the appointment of director general of the Arts Educational School and Governor of the London Festival Ballet in 1966, and she went on to lead creatively both of those organizations (1968-79).
A number of honorary doctorates were bestowed upon Dame Beryl as a sign of respect for the vast volume of work that she has produced. In 1973, she was honored with the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), and in 1988, she was promoted to the position of Dame in the same order. In 2017, she was given the honor of being placed on the birthday honors list of the late Queen Elizabeth II as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH).
The Royal Art Dealers Association bestowed upon her an additional accolade in the form of their Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in the year 1995. Dame Beryl Grey, who had been a dancer in the past and served as Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), passed away last week at the age of 95. We want her family and friends to know that we are deeply sorry about their loss.