Lynn Wallis OBE

Lynn graduated from The Royal Ballet Senior School in 1965 into The Royal Ballet Touring Company, becoming Ballet Mistress at the school from 1969 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, and other venues.

In 1984 Lynn was invited by Erik Bruhn to join The National Ballet of Canada as Artistic Coordinator, where she eventually became Co-Artistic Director with Valerie Wilder. In 1990, Lynn was appointed Deputy Artistic Director of English National Ballet. Lynn joined the RAD in 1994 as Artistic Director and was responsible for setting and maintaining the standards of dance training worldwide, developing the syllabus and planning courses internationally for students. In 2004 she was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for restaging Ashton’s Monotones I and II, for San Francisco Ballet.

On her retirement in 2016, Lynn received a Fellowship of the RAD after 22 years of shaping its artistic vision. She is a trustee of the Frederick Ashton Foundation, and a Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.

She was awarded an OBE for services to dance in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours.