AN iconic dancer who became artistic director of the world-famous Moulin Rouge has died aged 65. Janet Pharaoh enjoyed a ...

Yorkshire-born Janet Pharaoh enjoyed a stellar career, rising to international success as a ballet mistress and later became ...

"She has discovered, trained and accompanied thousands of artists recruited from all over the world, passing on to them her love of dance and the stage," it said. Getty Images The Moulin Rouge was ...

A dancer from Yorkshire who rose to the very highest ranks as ballet mistress of the Moulin Rouge has died at the age of 65.

Cabaret dancers past and present turned out Tuesday for the funeral of Moulin Rouge creative director Janet Pharaoh, who helped oversee a renaissance of the Parisian nightspot over the last 30 years.

Janet Pharaoh, artistic director and ballet mistress of the Moulin Rouge, died on Tuesday at the age of 65 following a ...

Tributes have been paid to a Yorkshire-born dancer who became artistic director of the world-famous Moulin Rouge in Paris, ...

She sadly died on Tuesday, Moulin Rouge president Jean-Jacques Clerico has now confirmed. A special service of commemoration is to be held at the American Cathedral in Paris on March 11.