Winifred Edwards respected teacher, pictured here in her youth as Vera Fredowa, one of the first English dancers to join Anna Pavlova’s company.
Credit: © Walter Frederick Seely, Los Angeles, California
Most famous for the work she did with many dancers of The Royal Ballet towards the end of her career, the fascinating early life of Winifred Edwards (1895-1989) is often overlooked. Her early training in London was with Miss Hutton Moss, Freda Grant and Lucia Cormani and her idol at this time was Anna Pavlova. In 1912 she joined Pavlova’s company as Vera Fredowa and became one of the first of Pavlova’s “English girls”.
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