June Kerr

Kerr was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, the youngest of three children. She was one of the founding members of the London-based company, Festival Ballet, which later became the English National Ballet.^[3] On 8 December 1956, she married New Zealand ballet dancer Russell Kerr.^[4] The following year the couple moved to New Zealand, settling in Auckland where June Kerr danced with the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 1959 and 1960.^[5] In 1962 Kerr and her husband moved to Wellington as Kerr's husband was appointed director of the company.^[1]

In the 1970s Kerr and her husband moved to Christchurch and established the Southern Ballet Theatre.^[1]

Kerr died in Christchurch on 29 October 2018.^[3][6]