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Gweneth Lloyd, OC (September 15, 1901 - January 1, 1993) [1] was a co-founder of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, a ballet teacher and choreographer. Lloyd was born in Eccles, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She attended The Perse School in Cambridge, but began taking dance when she attended Northwood College.
Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally emigrate from Leeds, England, to establish The Canadian School of Ballet in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1939 The Winnipeg Ballet Club is formed to promote interest in this new field.
GWENETH LLOYD (1901-1993) AND BETTY FARRALLY (1915-1989) Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally arrived in Canada from England in 1938 with a solid foundation in the RAD syllabus. Lloyd had completed a diploma in physical education at Liverpool College.
Oct 11, 2007 · Lloyd left Winnipeg in 1950 to found a school in Toronto. In 1946 she helped establish and began a long association with the BANFF CENTRE's summer dance program, becoming director of the program in 1950. With Farrally, Lloyd resettled in Kelowna, BC, in 1957, opening a new school.
Gweneth Lloyd, O.C., was one of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's founders. Along with Betty Farrally, she established the Canadian School of Ballet and soon afterward, founded the
This meeting encompassed all of the mistresses of the Chalet School, plus those of St Mildred’s, plus Gwynneth Lloyd, and of course Hilda Annersley, who had returned just in time to deal with this problem.
Memorable Manitobans: Gweneth Lloyd (1901-1993) Choreographer and dance producer. Born at Eccles, England on 15 September 1901, daughter of Joseph Charles William Lloyd and Winnifred Mary Stace, she came to Canada in 1938 with Betty Farrally. They founded the Canadian School of Ballet and the Winnipeg Ballet Club in 1939.
