Nicholas Georgiadis was a Greek painter, stage and costume designer, best know for his work in ballet, particularly in collaboration with Kenneth MacMillan. He studied architecture in Greece, graduating in 1946, winning a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship to Columbia University, New York in 1952. In 1953 Georgiadis came to London to study Painting and Stage Design at the Slade School of Fine Art, winning the school's First Prize for Stage Design in 1955. This led to a commission from Ninette de Valois and his first collaboration with Kenneth MacMillan, on Noctambules in 1956. Although primarily known as a designer for ballet, Georgiadis also worked in opera and drama and a number of film projects. He was also an accomplished painter.
Beryl Grey was born in London and began dance classes at the age of four.
Betty Hassall was born in Cheltenham in 1909 and was a pupil of Judith Espinosa and Irene Hammond, whom she succeeded as Principal of the Hammond School in 1946. As a Children's Examiner for the RAD she was a pioneer of the original Ballet in Education syllabus and later Chairman of the Panel of Children's Examiners. An instigator of the Regional scheme she was the founding Chair of the Liverpool Region and was awarded a Fellowship of the RAD in 1979.