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Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (née Hookham), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina and Prima Ballerina Assoluta of The Royal Ballet. In 1954 she succeeded Adeline Genée as president of the Royal Academy of Dance, a position she held until her death in 1991.

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.