Newton, Joy (1913–1996)

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Newton, Joy (1913–1996)

English ballet dancer and teacher. Born May 1913 in Wimbledon, England; died April 4, 1996.

Trained with Ninette de Valois early on and began performing with Vic-Wells and Sadler's Wells Ballets (1930s); held principal roles in The Nutcracker, Coppália, and de Valois' The Rake's Progress (1935), among others; served as ballet master of Sadler's Wells Ballet; acted as founding director of Turkish Ballet School in Istanbul after WWII; taught at Royal Ballet School in London.