Thorogood, Alfreda (1942–)
Thorogood, Alfreda (1942–)
English ballet dancer. Born Aug 17, 1942, in Lambeth, London, England.
Trained at Royal Ballet School in London, before joining its touring company (1960); danced with Royal Ballet on tour in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Ashton's The Two Pigeons; created roles for Geoffrey Cauley's Symphonie Pastorale and Beginning (1969), and Tudor's Knight Errant (1968); joined Royal Ballet proper (1970), where she performed numerous principal female roles, including Swanilda and Aurora, to great acclaim.
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