Antoinette Sibley
(1939-), Ballet dancerDame Antoinette Sibley
Sitter in 8 portraits
Sibley trained at the Royal Ballet School before joining the Royal Ballet in 1956 and becoming principal dancer in 1960. She has danced all the ballerina roles of the standard repertoire and created roles in Sir Kenneth Macmillan's Symphony (1963) and Manon (1974) and in Sir Frederick Ashton's The Dream (1964) and Enigma Variations (1968). After retiring from dancing she became President of the Royal Academy of Dance in 1991.
Antoinette Sibley and Eloise Sibley
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 24 June 1977
NPG P1254
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 4 September 1969
NPG x165974
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 4 September 1969
NPG x165975
Antoinette Sibley; Sir Anthony Dowell
by Alan Bergman
selenium-toned bromide print, 1972
NPG x125578
by Mayotte Magnus
bromide print, September 1977
NPG x18639
by Alan Bergman
selenium-toned bromide print, 4 November 2003
NPG x126450
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