Merle Park
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Dame Merle Park, DBE([1]) (b. 1937, Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)) was a prima ballerina. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1954 and became a soloist in 1958.
Her first full-length roles were Swanhilda (Coppelia) and Lise (La Fille Mal Gardée). She created the role of Clara, partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, in The Nutcracker for the Royal Ballet in 1963, which was her breakthrough. It is claimed that her Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) was best of her generation ([2]).
In her career, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and David Wall.
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