and was hoping for commission to approve hers' Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes. In 2003, Maina Gielgud was hired by Stanton Welch, an artistic director of Houston Ballet. After her two years of performance in such plays as Songs of a Wayfarer, Suite en Blanc, and Giselle, she resigned. She later told the Houston Chronicle that she and Welch had disagreements over her position. The final straw that led her to resign the post, was when Welch cancelled her upcoming performance of Giselle. In August 2008 she performed her farewell to dancing in The Exquisite Hour at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia. This piece was reworked extensively by Maurice Béjart, specifically for Gielgud. In 2012, Gielgud staged Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote for Boston Ballet, and the same year did Maurice Bejart's Song of a Wayfarer for the National Ballet of Canada. In January 2013 she staged Serge Lifar's Suite en Blanc for San Francisco Ballet and in May of the same year revived Erik Bruhn's La Sylphide for the Rome Opera Ballet. Since 2018, she is an International Master Teacher at the Youth America Grand Prix. In 2019, Gielgud staged a ballet Sleeping Beauty, Aurora's Wedding which was produced by the Ballet Academy East. In that ballet, she choreographed Bianca Carnovale to play lead role. See also Terry family References External links 1945 births Living people English ballerinas English people of Polish descent Dancers of The Royal Ballet English National Ballet Ballet mistresses Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia Terry family 20th-century ballet dancers 21st-century ballet dancers Maina