Ruth Page
Toronto Daily Star, September 12 1928
Ruth Page (1899-1991) went on to have a distinguished career as a ballerina and choreographer. Among other accomplishments, she choreographed a version of The Nutcracker that was performed annually between 1965 and 1997.
The Ruth Page Centre for the Arts, located in Chicago, offers training, fitness classes, and performances. She is interred in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, approximately five feet away from Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks.
The coronation ceremonies at which Ms. Page danced were those of Emperor Hirohito, who remained the emperor of Japan until his death in 1989.
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