Background
PARK, Dame Merle Florence was born on October 8, 1937 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).
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Dame Merle Florence PARK
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Elmhurst Ballet School and Royal Ballet School.
Career
Joined Royal Ballet 1954. First solo role 1955. Opened own ballet school 1977.
Director Royal Ballet School September since 1983.
Principal Royal Ballet. Repertoire includes Facade, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Louisiana Fille Mai Gardee, Giselle, Les Sylphides, The Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Triad, The Nutcracker, Louisiana Bayadere, Cinderella, Shadow Play, Anastasia, Pineapple Poll, Swan Lake, The Firebird, Walk to the Paradise Garden, Dances at a Gathering, Shadow, Don Quixote, Deux Pigeons, Serenade, Scene de Ballet, Wedding Bouquet, Les Rendezvous, Mirror Walkers, Symphonic Variations, Daphnis and Chloe, Serenade, In the Night, Laurentia, Mamzelle Angot, Manon, Apollo, Flower Festival, Le Corsaire, The Moor’s Pavane, Aureole, Elite Syncopations, Lulu, The Taming of the Shrew, Mayerling, Birthday Offering, Louisiana Finance, Financial du Journal
Adieu, Isadora, et cetera Adelaine Genee.
Interests
Connections
Married 1st James Monahan, C.B.E. in 1965 (divorced in 1970. Married 2nd Sidney Bloch in 1971.
