Gillian Revie
{{short description|British ballerina (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gillian Revie Macleod
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| birth_date = 1969 or 1970
| birth_place = Northern Ireland
| occupation = Ballet dancer
| website = [http://classicalballet121.com/ Official website]
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Gillian Revie Macleod is a British ballerina. She was formerly a first soloist and later principal guest artist at the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. She went on to start her own ballet school in Sydney called Classical Ballet 121, closing in 2021.
Early life
Revie was born in either 1969 or 1970 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. She began dancing at the age of three.{{Cite news|url=http://gillymacleod.wixsite.com/classical-ballet121/about-gilly|title=Classical Ballet 121|newspaper=Classical Ballet 121|accessdate=15 January 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/buckles-and-pointes-1.212353|title=Buckles and pointes|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=16 December 2016}}
Career
Revie trained at the Royal Ballet School and joined the Royal Ballet company in 1987, where she worked for over two decades, undertaking roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Mary in Mayerling, Anastasia, and Manon.{{Cite web|url=http://studiotibor.com.au/our-teachers/gilly-revie|title=Gilly Revie profile|website=studiotibor.com.au|accessdate=15 January 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://teresajohnsonballet.com/faculty|title=Faculty|website=teresajohnsonballet.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.balletassociation.co.uk/Reports/2008/Revie08.html|title=Gilian Revie: Ballet Association meeting report|website=balletassociation.co.uk|accessdate=15 January 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/18/arts/dance-review-the-royal-s-mayerling-gets-two-new-casts.html|title=DANCE REVIEW; The Royal's 'Mayerling' Gets Two New Casts|last=Kisselgoff|first=Anna|date=18 July 1994|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
In 2000, she became the first recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Performance at Dance Northern Ireland's black-tie Gala Night Celebration.{{Cite book|title=Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland|last=Wulff|first=Helena|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2007|isbn=978-1845455903|location=New York|page=129}}
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Category:Dancers of The Royal Ballet
Category:People educated at the Royal Ballet School
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Bangor, County Down
Category:Female dancers from Northern Ireland
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