 She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in April 1974 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the London Festival Ballet's Donmar rehearsal studios in London's Covent Garden.She holds numerous honorary doctorates and has been Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dancing since 1980, is President of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and a Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.In September 1997 she was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award by Dame Antoinette Sibley.