Merle Park

Dame Merle Park
DBE
Born (1937-10-08) 8 October 1937 (age 87)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
OccupationBallet dancer

Dame Merle Park, DBE (born 8 October 1937) is a British ballet dancer and teacher, now retired.[1] As a prima ballerina with the Royal Ballet during the 1960s and 1970s, she was known for "brilliance of execution and virtuoso technique"[2] as well as for her ebullience and charm. Also admired for her dramatic abilities, she was praised as an actress who "textured her vivacity with emotional details."[3]

  1. ^ Debra Craine and Judith Mackrill, "Park, (Dame) Merle", in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (Oxford University Press, 2000).
  2. ^ Jim Fowler, "Merle Park", Ballet Magazine (London), 4 November 1997.
  3. ^ Anonymous, "Dame Merle Park", online biography, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Retrieved 14 September 2015.