Marion Tait

Marion Hooper Tait {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} is a former ballerina and ballet mistress, and assistant director of Birmingham Royal Ballet since 2011.{{cite web|last=Whetstone |first=David |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/theatre/interview-marion-tait-birmingham-royal-4412598 |title=Interview: Marion Tait of the Birmingham Royal Ballet |publisher=The Journal |date= |accessdate=2016-12-27}}

Tait was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1992 New Year Honours, and promoted to Commander (CBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to dance.United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=52767 |date=30 December 1991 |pages=12 |supp=y}}{{London Gazette |issue=56963 |date=14 June 2003 |supp=y |pages=9 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.brb.org.uk/post/assistant-director-marion-tait |title=Assistant Director: Marion Tait - Birmingham Royal Ballet |website=Brb.org.uk |date=2011-07-11 |accessdate=2016-12-27}}

Tait was named Dancer of the Year 1994 and received the Evening Standard Ballet Award for Outstanding Performance.

In Birmingham Royal Ballet's 2013 production of The Sleeping Beauty, Tait played the wicked fairy Carabosse.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24508450 |title=Storytelling with mime and dance at the Birmingham Royal Ballet |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2016-12-27}}