CodeDS/UK/P347
Dates1926-2006
Person NameShearer; Moira (1926-2006); Dancer and actress
SurnameShearer
ForenamesMoira
EpithetDancer and actress
ActivityDancing career
Attended Sadler's Wells School aged 14.
1941: joined International Ballet
1942: left International Ballet to join Sadler's Wells
1942-1945: wartime tours
1943: Orpheus and Eurydice
1944: Miracle in the Gorbals
1944: Swan Lake (Odette)
1946: Symphonic Variations
1948: Cinderella
1953: The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora)
1954: Soldier's Tale, Edinburgh Festival

1947: took the lead role in the film "The Red Shoes".
1951: The Tales of Hoffmann
1955: The Man Who Loved Redheads.
[incomplete list]

SOURCE: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1509410/Moira-Shearer.html
GenderFemale
Other Forms Of NameMoira Shearer King
SourceSource: Craine, D. and Mackrell, J. Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Catalogue
RefNoTitleDate
XZF/2/52Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Patineurs, Les \ Moira Shearer1937
XZB/293Moira Shearer
XZH/5184Black Tights (film)1961
XZF/2/65Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Symphonic Variations1946
XZJ/1090/1Red Shoes, The5 December 1998
UNIS/B/2096Four Great Ballerinas, 1946-1951
XZB/252Moira Shearer: Portrait of a dancer
XZB/294Moira Shearer
XZF/2/66Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Symphonic Variations1946
HB/H/233League of Arts \ Pageant of the Dancs of Europe \ Hyde Park, London, England \ 18/06/193818 June 1938
XZF/2/11Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Boutique Fantasque, La1947
XZF/2/10Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Boutique Fantasque, La1947
XZF/2/31Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Fairy Queen, The (Act 3, Scene 1)1946
XZF/2/68Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Three-Cornered Hat, The1947
HB/H/232League of Arts \ Dance-Pageant of Countries of Europe, A \ Hyde Park, London, England \ 03/06/19393 June 1939
HB/H/235Mayfair School of Dancing, Singing and Acting \ Rudolf Steiner Hall, London, England \ 04/03/19384 March 1938
XZA/21Absolute Ballerina, The \ Portrait of Margot Fonteyn, AJanuary 1992
XZF/2/64Sadler's Wells Ballet \ Symphonic Variations1946
XZB/112Covent Garden Books Number 1: Ballet 1946-19471947
XZB/108Covent Garden Books Number 6: Ballet 1950-19521952
XZB/1809Man of Tomorrow \ Peter Darrell
HB/H/234Sixth Annual Performance of the Mayfair School of Dancings' Ladies' Amateur Classes \ Rudolf Steiner Hall, London, England \ 28/05/193528 May 1935
XZB/792Moira Shearer
XZB/2153Moira Shearer: portrait of a dancer
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