| Lynn Wallis FISTD
Lynn Wallis graduated from the Royal Ballet Senior School in
1965 into the Royal Ballet Touring Company, becoming Ballet
Mistress at the school in 1969, a position she held until
1982, when she was made Deputy Principal. During this time
she reproduced a great many ballets from classical repertoire
for the school performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, and other venues. In 1984, at the invitation of Erik
Bruhn, she joined the National Ballet of Canada, as Artistic
Co-ordinator, and in 1986 she became Associate Artistic Director,
with Valerie Wilder, and Co-Artistic Director from 1987 to
1989. In 1990, she was appointed Deputy Artistic Director
of English National Ballet with special responsibility for
Mid-scale touring, the Education and Community Unit, Choreographic
workshop and English National Ballet School.
Lynn Wallis joined the Royal Academy of Dance in 1994 as Artistic
Director and is responsible for setting and maintaining the standards
of dance training world-wide, developing the Academy’s
Syllabus and planning courses internationally for students. In
2001 she became Chair of the RAD’s Board of Examiners.
Lynn was appointed Honorary President of the Greek region of
the RAD in June 2000. More recently she has been involved in
the introduction of the new marking system and the accreditation
of RAD examinations by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
in England and its partner regulatory authorities in Wales and
Northern Ireland. Lynn was chairman of an artistic panel of dance professionals
who wrote The Foundations of Classical Ballet Technique and was
instrumental in leading the artistic panel in writing the sequel,
The Progressions of Classical Ballet Technique. In 2001 Lynn was
nominated and short-listed for the European Women of Achievement
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