death_date nationality birth_date education death_place image_size honorific_suffix spouse image employer name occupation caption boards years_active birth_place known_for article_title birth_name
06 june 2005 british 30 may 1917 sadler 's wells ballet school birmingham , england 200px obe 1st , painton cowan 2nd , charles gordon pamela may - checkmate.jpg the royal ballet pamela may ballet dancer ballet teacher pamela of the black queen in the de valois ballet '' may checkmate '' . photographed circa . 1947 performing the role royal academy of dance 1934 -- 1982 san fernando , trinidad classical ballet pamela may
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pamela may

pamela may obe -lrb- 30 may 1917 -- 6 june 2005 -rrb- was a trinidad born british dancer and teacher of classical ballet .
most noted as one of the earliest members the royal ballet , she was regarded as a versatile dancer ; dancing all the established 19th century classical repertoire , and creating roles in new ballets by ninette de valois and frederick ashton .
after retiring from professional ballet , she became a teacher at the royal ballet school , and also served as vice-president of the royal academy of dance .
