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Covent Garden 1948 - Symphonic Variations - Moira Shearer, John Hart, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Alexander Grant (Copy) View fullsize
ENSA girl on tours to GB and Europe - 1945 (Copy) View fullsize
Sadler's Wells, Covent Garden - Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, Sleeping Beauty - 1946 (Copy) View fullsize
With Gerd Larsen in Beverley Hills - Sadler's Wells US Tour - 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
Waiting underneath the stage of the Royal Opera House to go on as The Fairy Winter in Cinderella  (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian Lynne and Alex Rassine as The Lovers can be seen on the far left in 1950 Covent Garden production of Miracle in the Gorbals with Robert Helpman and Pauline Clayden (centre) (Copy) View fullsize
The Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty - Covent Garden 1946 (Copy) View fullsize
Maggie Roseby and Gillian - ENSA Tour to Europe 1945 (Copy) View fullsize
Molly Lake - Gillian joined Molly Lake's Ballet Guild in 1942 dancing alongside Gerd Larsen and David Paltenghi (Copy) View fullsize
gillian-lynne-swan-lake-ballet-guild-1943.jpg View fullsize
Ballet Guild 1943 - Molly Lake's La Petite Fadette with Gillian and Travis Kemp in the lead roles of Fadette and Landry - lithograph by Sheila Jackson (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian in Ballet Guild's La Petite Fadette - 1943 (Copy) View fullsize
Ninette de Valois teaching Gillian and the Sadler's Wells Company - 1944 (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian with Rosemary Lindsay (Copy) View fullsize
ENSA Tour to Paris and Brussels - 1945 - Gare Du Nord, Paris - Gillie with Henry Danton (left), Julia Farron (centre) and Robert Helpmann with Pamela May just behind (right) (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian with Jane Shore, Mary Drage, Gerd Larsen and Jean Gilbert - Sadler's Wells USA Tour 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
Crowds at the New Theatre (now known as the Noel Coward Theatre) waiting to watch the ballet - 1944 (Copy) View fullsize
America bound - Sadler's Wells USA Tour - October 1949 (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian with Nadia Nerina - Sadler's Wells US Tour Chicago 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
Symphonic Variations - Sadler's Wells Ballet 1946 (Copy) View fullsize
Ballet Guild programme - 1943 - Gillian listed as 'Gillian Pyrke' (Copy) View fullsize
Balanchine's Ballet Imperial - 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian with Margot Fonteyn - Sadler's Wells Ballet tour to USA - 1949 (Copy) View fullsize
Chicago Sun Times newspaper article - Sadler's Wells USA Tour 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
Gillian as the Black Queen in Ninette de Valois' ballet Checkmate - Sadler's Wells Ballet, Covent Garden 1950 (Copy) View fullsize
On stage at Covent Garden - 1948 (Copy) View fullsize
l to r: Beryl Grey, Gillian, Rosemary Lindsay and Jill Gregory (Copy) View fullsize
Greta Hamby and Gillian - modelling outfits for USA Tour 1949 (Copy) View fullsize
Programme for Sadler's Wells production of Sleeping Beauty at the re-opening of Covent Garden in 1946 with both the King and Queen and Royal Princessess Elizabeth and Margaret in attendance (Copy) View fullsize
ENSA Tour -1945 - Pauline Clayden, Paula Dunning and Gillian (Copy) View fullsize
Pencil drawing of Gillian by Sheila Jackson performing in Ballet Guild's production of Les Sylphides - 1943 (Copy) View fullsize
Ballet Guild - Swan Lake 1943 (Copy) View fullsize
Ant in Le Festin de L’Araignée (The Spider's Feast) 1944  (Copy) View fullsize
With Wilsie and father Leslie during a break from performing - Isle of Wight 1945 (Copy) View fullsize
Training with Olga Preobrazhenskaya in Paris - 1946 (Copy) View fullsize
Rosemary Lindsay and Gillian - ballet practice (Copy) View fullsize
Covent Garden 1948 - Symphonic Variations - Moira Shearer, John Hart, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Alexander Grant (Copy)
ENSA girl on tours to GB and Europe - 1945 (Copy)
Sadler's Wells, Covent Garden - Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, Sleeping Beauty - 1946 (Copy)
With Gerd Larsen in Beverley Hills - Sadler's Wells US Tour - 1950 (Copy)
Waiting underneath the stage of the Royal Opera House to go on as The Fairy Winter in Cinderella  (Copy)
Gillian Lynne and Alex Rassine as The Lovers can be seen on the far left in 1950 Covent Garden production of Miracle in the Gorbals with Robert Helpman and Pauline Clayden (centre) (Copy)
The Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty - Covent Garden 1946 (Copy)
Maggie Roseby and Gillian - ENSA Tour to Europe 1945 (Copy)
Molly Lake - Gillian joined Molly Lake's Ballet Guild in 1942 dancing alongside Gerd Larsen and David Paltenghi (Copy)
gillian-lynne-swan-lake-ballet-guild-1943.jpg
Ballet Guild 1943 - Molly Lake's La Petite Fadette with Gillian and Travis Kemp in the lead roles of Fadette and Landry - lithograph by Sheila Jackson (Copy)
Gillian in Ballet Guild's La Petite Fadette - 1943 (Copy)
Ninette de Valois teaching Gillian and the Sadler's Wells Company - 1944 (Copy)
Gillian with Rosemary Lindsay (Copy)
ENSA Tour to Paris and Brussels - 1945 - Gare Du Nord, Paris - Gillie with Henry Danton (left), Julia Farron (centre) and Robert Helpmann with Pamela May just behind (right) (Copy)
Gillian with Jane Shore, Mary Drage, Gerd Larsen and Jean Gilbert - Sadler's Wells USA Tour 1950 (Copy)
Crowds at the New Theatre (now known as the Noel Coward Theatre) waiting to watch the ballet - 1944 (Copy)
America bound - Sadler's Wells USA Tour - October 1949 (Copy)
Gillian with Nadia Nerina - Sadler's Wells US Tour Chicago 1950 (Copy)
Symphonic Variations - Sadler's Wells Ballet 1946 (Copy)
Ballet Guild programme - 1943 - Gillian listed as 'Gillian Pyrke' (Copy)
Balanchine's Ballet Imperial - 1950 (Copy)
Gillian with Margot Fonteyn - Sadler's Wells Ballet tour to USA - 1949 (Copy)
Chicago Sun Times newspaper article - Sadler's Wells USA Tour 1950 (Copy)
Gillian as the Black Queen in Ninette de Valois' ballet Checkmate - Sadler's Wells Ballet, Covent Garden 1950 (Copy)
On stage at Covent Garden - 1948 (Copy)
l to r: Beryl Grey, Gillian, Rosemary Lindsay and Jill Gregory (Copy)
Greta Hamby and Gillian - modelling outfits for USA Tour 1949 (Copy)
Programme for Sadler's Wells production of Sleeping Beauty at the re-opening of Covent Garden in 1946 with both the King and Queen and Royal Princessess Elizabeth and Margaret in attendance (Copy)
ENSA Tour -1945 - Pauline Clayden, Paula Dunning and Gillian (Copy)
Pencil drawing of Gillian by Sheila Jackson performing in Ballet Guild's production of Les Sylphides - 1943 (Copy)
Ballet Guild - Swan Lake 1943 (Copy)
Ant in Le Festin de L’Araignée (The Spider's Feast) 1944  (Copy)
With Wilsie and father Leslie during a break from performing - Isle of Wight 1945 (Copy)
Training with Olga Preobrazhenskaya in Paris - 1946 (Copy)
Rosemary Lindsay and Gillian - ballet practice (Copy)

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