Betty Lee Rey

Betty was born in Des Moines, Iowa and her family moved to Tampa when she was six weeks old. She attended Ubca City College and the University of Tampa. She met and married Frank Rey; together they owned and operated the Frank Rey Dance Theatre for 56 years. She was the strength behind the dance studio, making it the most productive and largest dancing school in the Southeast. Her professional career is quite extensive: soloist with Ballet Today and The International Dance Company, assistant director and costume designer for the Florida Ballet Theatre. In 1980 she was named an honorary member of England’s Pavlova Society.