4 out of the 12 Lovely Young Dancers of 1960 Set of Cards, which were originally released as gifts with early issues of the girls’ magazine Judy.

Svetlana Beriosova (1932-1998) was the daughter of Lithuanian ballet master Nicholas Beriosov, and appeared with a few smaller companies before joining the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet (today’s Birmingham Royal Ballet), and from there she moved to the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (today’s Royal Ballet), where she became a Principal Dancer. Among her created roles were Princess Belle Rose in John Cranko’s Prince of the Pagodas (1957) the titular role in Frederick Ashton’s Persephone (1961), and The Lady in Ashton’s Enigma Variations (1968). She retired in the 1970s. Pictured here in the 1958 Royal Ballet production of Andrée Howard’s La Fête étrange, in which she danced The Bride.

Anita Landa trained in both ballet and Spanish dance, and joined the Festival Ballet (today’s English National Ballet) upon its formation in 1950, performing in multiple productions such as the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, and Petrushka. She performed Alice in Michael Charnley’s 1953 ballet Alice in Wonderland. She later became a ballet mistress and teacher with the Birmingham Royal Ballet, also performing character roles like Juliet’s Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and the Queen in Sleeping Beauty.

Georgina Parkinson (1938-2009) trained at the Sadler’s Wells Ballet School, joining the Royal Ballet in 1957, a year after its Royal Charter. She was promoted to principal in 1962. She created many roles, including a Soloist Role in Kenneth MacMillan’s Symphony (1961), Rosaline in MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet (1965), Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I (1966), Winifred Norbury in Ashton’s Enigma Variations (1968), The Gaoler’s Mistress in MacMillan’s Manon (1974) and Empress Elisabeth in MacMillan’s Mayerling (1978). After retirement she taught and coached with the American Ballet Theatre, alongside performing character roles in their productions. Pictured in MacMillan’s Solitaire, in which she danced a Soloist Role.

Doreen Wells (born 1937) won gold at the Royal Academy of Dance’s Adeline Genée Competition in 1954. She danced with both the Sadler’s Wells Ballet and the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet. Her roles included the Pas de trois in Swan Lake, the Pas de quatre in Ashton’s Les Rendezvous, the titular role in Pineapple Poll, the Peasant Pas de deux and Giselle in Giselle, Sylvia, Raymonda and The Young Girl in The Two Pigeons. In the 1980s appeared on the West End, in On Your Toes (as Vera Baranova) and as a Standby for Cyd Charisse in Charlie Girl. Pictured as one of Florestan’s Sisters in Sleeping Beauty.