Laurel Martyn

Laurel Martyn (née Gill; 23 July 1916 – 16 October 2013) was an Australian ballerina. In 1933, she left Australia for England and studied with Phyllis Bedells. In 1934 she won a choreographic scholarship from the Association of Operatic Dancing (later the Royal Academy of Dance) for Exile, her first composition. In 1935 she became the first Australian to win the Adeline Genée Gold Medal.