Ninette de Valois received the Bronze award presented for services to Ballet from the Irish Catholic Stage Guild in 1949 . She was the first recipient of the Royal Academy of Dance Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in 1953 – 1954 . She was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Dance on 19 July 1963 and of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing on 8 March 1964 In 1964 she received the Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal and in 1974 , the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Erasmus Prize . The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal was awarded on 7 June 1977 and the Royal Opera House Long Service medal in 1979
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Ninette de Valois