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Antoinette Sibley

(1939-), Ballet dancer

Dame 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.

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Antoinette Sibley and Eloise Sibley

by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 24 June 1977
NPG P1254

Antoinette Sibley

by Howard Morgan
oil on canvas, 1993
NPG 6228

Antoinette Sibley

by Roy Round
bromide print, 1960s
NPG x22576

Antoinette Sibley

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 4 September 1969
NPG x165974

Antoinette Sibley

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

Antoinette Sibley

by Mayotte Magnus
bromide print, September 1977
NPG x18639

Antoinette Sibley

by Alan Bergman
selenium-toned bromide print, 4 November 2003
NPG x126450

Related People

Eloise Sibley (daughter)

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Ballerinas and dancers

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