- Gwenethe Walshe
Gwenethe Walshe , d. 2006, was a well-known British Latin and ballroom dancer. Born in New Zealand, she lived most of her life in England and moved to Australia after her retirement. She founded a dance school bearing her name in London's West End in 1938 which (as of 2006) is still operating, although it has now been re-named Central London Dance. [http://www.istd.org/latin/facultynews/march2005/gwenethwalsheprofile.html Profile of Miss Gwenethe Walshe] , retrieved2007-08-12 ]Biographical information
Birth: late 1910s, New ZealandClark, Janet, [http://www.istd.org/news/2006/april2006/gwenethewalshe.html Gwenethe Walshe] , death announcement, retrieved
2007-08-12 ]Career highlights
*Member of the [http://www.istd.org/about/index.html Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing] (ISTD) Grand Council and the ISTD Latin American Faculty Committee
*"Gwenethe Walshe School of Dancing" [ [http://www.danceuniverse.co.kr/clubstudio/studio-uk.php Dance Studios in U.K.] , retrieved
2007-08-12 ] , named after herFact|date=August 2007*"Central London Dance Studio" originally named "Gweneth Walshe Dance Studio" [ [http://www.kensingtondancestudio.com/About.html Kensington Dance Studio] , retrieved
2007-08-12 ]*Dance advisor for the 1992 British film "Amant, L
' " [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/fullcredits Amant, L' full credits] , establishes Amant, L' is the same film as "The Lover", retrieved2007-08-12 ] [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800181058/cast The Lover] cast and crew, mentioned Gwenethe Walshe as a dance advisor, retrieved2007-08-12 ]*Judged a well-known dancing competition, International Championships at the Royal Albert Hall in London, for many years
*Taught ballroom dancing teachers
*Through television, taught the general public the art of Ballroom Dancing
*1999, received a special award from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing for her services over her career
*Served as a WVS nurse by day and a dance instructor by night.
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