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Deanne Bergsma Born 1941
Pretoria, South AfricaOccupation Ballet dancer Deanne Bergsma (born 1941) is a retired South African ballerina. She was born in Pretoria and became a member of the Royal Ballet in 1958. She became a principal of the company in 1967. She created the role of Lady Mary Lygon in Ashton's Enigma Variations (1968) and a principal part in Tetley's Field Figures (1970). She retired from the company in 1974, although she returned to the Royal Ballet in 1988 to take the role of Berta in a revival of Ashton's Ondine. She is currently one of the governors of the Royal Opera House.[1]
External links
- ^ "Governors". http://info.royaloperahouse.org/ballet/index.cfm?ccs=88. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
Categories:- Ballerinas
- South African ballet dancers
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Dancers of The Royal Ballet
- Dance biographical stubs
- South African people stubs
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