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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.

Lila de Nobili was a Italian stage and costume designer and fashion illustrator.

Beryl Grey was born in London and began dance classes at the age of four.

Born in London, Edwards studied ballet with Miss Hutton Moss, Freda Grant and Lucia Cormani. She became one of the first English girls to join Anna Pavlova's company in 1912 until 1916 when she joined Theodore Kosloff's company touring America and then teaching at his ballet schools in San Francisco and Dallas for fifteen years. In 1934 she returned to England and for a time gave up dancing and teaching. However, she returned to dancing after the war and studied with Phyllis Bedells taking all of her RAD examinations including the Advanced Teachers' Certificate. She taught at the Royal Ballet School from 1947 to 1955 and at the RAD from 1947 to 1963. She joined the committee of the RAD's Production Club in 1948 and worked closely on the revision of the RAD's Major syllabi and Courses of Study in the mid-1950s, alongside Ursula Moreton and Tamara Karsavina. She was awarded the 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for her outstanding services to the art of ballet.