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Doreen Bird MA FISTD ARAD (27 January 1928 – 4 February 2004)[1] was a British dance teacher and founder of the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent (now Southeast London). She was a fellow, examiner, lecturer, committee and council member of the ISTD, life member of the RAD, and Honorary MA. Prior to her death from Leukaemia in 2004, she had been studying towards a Ph.D. As well as being a respected dance figure in the United Kingdom, Bird also travelled the World as a lecturer and adjudicator specialising in dance and musical theatre. The college which Bird founded is now recognised Internationally as a centre of excellence for dance and performing arts, with its students working worldwide in high-profile areas of the performing industry including West End and Broadway theatre.
- ^ Newley, Patrick (26 February 2004). "Obituaries: Doreen Bird". The Stage. No. 6410. London. p. 27. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.