Sally Brayley is a Canadian-American ballet dancer.
11 Facts About Sally Brayley
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Sally Brayley has performed as a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera.
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Sally Brayley's father was a journalist and his career caused the family to make several moves, from Montreal to Ottawa to Halifax.
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Sally Brayley began taking dance lessons at the age of five and the family ensured that she continued studying dance wherever they moved.
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Sally Brayley left high school to pursue a career in dance.
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In 1956, Sally Brayley began dancing at the National Ballet of Canada.
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Sally Brayley left the company when she moved to New York in 1962.
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Sally Brayley performed as a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera.
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In 1969, Sally Brayley co-founded the Joffrey II Dancers, a ballet troupe for beginning dancers, and served as artistic director until 1986.
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In 1987, after Antony Tudor's death, Sally Brayley was named Trustee of the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust.
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In 1967, Sally Brayley married Anthony Addison Bliss, a lawyer who was the former General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera.