The following year in 1937 , she danced her first created role , '' Pepe the Dog '' , in the ballet '' A Wedding Bouquet '' choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton . Farron would stay with the company throughout its development into The Royal Ballet , eventually achieving the rank of principal dancer . In early 1947 Julia danced , alongside Harold Turner , the Neapolitan Tarantella in La Boutique Fantasque . A respected critic of the time , Audrey Williamson , noted “ the bright attack and style that distinguish all her work ” . After retiring from the professional stage , she was appointed as a teacher at the Royal Ballet School in 1964 . She was appointed Assistant Director of the Royal Academy of Dance in 1982 , becoming Director in 1983 . and eventually retired in 1989 , with an honorary life fellowship of the organisation ( FRAD ) . In 1994 , the Royal Academy of Dance awarded her the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for outstanding services to ballet . Most recently , she has sponsored the redevelopment of the White Lodge Museum and Ballet Resource Centre
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Julia Farron