Sally Gilmour (1921-2004). Australian dancer and teacher

Sally Gilmour was born in Australia in 1921 and came to London in 1930 to study with Tamara Karsavina and then Marie Rambert. She joined Ballet Rambert in 1936, for which she spent her whole career as a ballerina. In 1939 Gilmour created the leading role in Andrée Howard’s Lady into Fox, and in 1947 Tulip in Howard’s The Sailor’s Return. She was also notable in Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas (Lilac Garden) and his Dark Elegies, and as Giselle in 1946. In 1953, she travelled back to Australia, where she worked for the Royal Academy of Dance. She returned to London in 1972, but eventually settled back to Australia in 1997. She died in Sydney in 2004.