{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Short description|Former director of The Royal Ballet}} '''Jeanetta Christine Laurence''' OBE (born December 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/FGBrTg714F9UgVAv9oHCqi7asFY/appointments |title=Jeanetta Christine LAURENCE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |website=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date=25 May 2011 |accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref> is the former associate director of The Royal Ballet. She was artistic administrator from 1990, assistant director from 2003 and associate director from 2009 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/jeanetta-laurence |title=Jeanetta Laurence — People — Royal Opera House |website=Roh.org.uk |date=31 December 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
Jeanetta Laurence was born in Oxford, trained at The Royal Ballet School. She rose to be a soloist with The Royal Ballet and created roles in works by Jack Carter, Ronald Hynd, Joe Layton, Lynn Seymour and others.<ref name="balletnews1">{{cite web |url=http://balletnews.co.uk/jeanetta-laurence-associate-director-of-the-royal-ballet-recognised-for-services-to-dance-in-new-year-honours/ |title=Jeanetta Laurence Associate Director of The Royal Ballet Recognised for Services to Dance in New Year Honours | Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights |publisher=Ballet News |date=31 December 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2016 |archive-date=1 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501165201/http://balletnews.co.uk/jeanetta-laurence-associate-director-of-the-royal-ballet-recognised-for-services-to-dance-in-new-year-honours/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Laurence was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours, "for services to dance".<ref name="balletnews1"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Bartley |first=Hayley |url=http://www.roh.org.uk/news/associate-director-of-the-royal-ballet-jeanetta-laurence-among-those-recognized-in-the-2015-new-year-honours-list%E2%80%A8 |title=Associate Director of The Royal Ballet Jeanetta Laurence among those recognized in the 2015 New Year Honours list — News — Royal Opera House |website=Roh.org.uk |date=31 December 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-years-honours-list-2015|title = New Year's Honours lists 2015|date = 30 December 2014|access-date = 14 August 2023|publisher = Government of the United Kingdom: Cabinet Office and Foreign Office|format = PDF}}</ref>
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