encouraged by webb and white, howes traveled to london in her late teens to further her dance education. she studied the cecchetti method of ballet training with margaret craske, mime technique with tamara karsavina, national and character dances with friderica derra de morada, and spanish dance with elsa brunelleschi, all the while missing no opportunity to learn about production of stage works. she may also have taken classes in ballroom dancing during her early twenties. in 1927,m she danced for a short while with the anna pavlova touring company, her first professional engagement, but in 1928, she returned to south africa with a dream of establishing a major ballet company in her home country. her vision and her determination would eventually have a profound effect on south african dance history.