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Magali Messac, a French-American ballet dancer, was born and raised in the south of France, where she received her early training from Olga and Henry Taneeff. In 1969, she joined the Hamburg Ballet, and four years later, was promoted to principal dancer. That year, she received the Oberdorfer Culture Award for the most talented young artist.
Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is an American ballet company based in Seattle, Washington. It is said to have the highest per capita attendance in the United States, [ 1 ] with 11,000 subscribers in 2004. [ 2 ]
Carrie Imler (born 1977 or 1978) [1] is an American ballet dancer. She joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1995 and became a principal dancer in 2002. She retired in 2017, following a 22-year career, and started teaching at the company's school.
Francia Russell (born January 10, 1938) is the former co-artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and former director of Pacific Northwest Ballet School, from 1977 to 2005. She was a soloist with the New York City Ballet, where she later became ballet master.
Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell is a three-week summer ballet intensive for international pre-professional ballerinas ages 14–18. Suzanne Farrell , one of the most revered ballerinas of the 20th century, has been hosting this Balanchine -inspired intensive at the Kennedy Center since 1993.
With the help of novelist Laura Esquivel, Tony Award–winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon cooks up a cinematic ballet for American Ballet Theatre’s summer season at the Met.
Mary Ann Wells was born on June 7, 1894, in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Charles Wells and Nell (last name unknown). Her dance training included studying with the noted ballet teacher Luigi Albertieri, who was associated with the Chicago Opera at the time. Wells's only performing experience was a brief stint with the Minnesota Stock Company.
He was a guest teacher at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet's school. Peter Boal gave his final performance at City Ballet on Sunday, June 5, 2005. On a program that also included Robbins’ West Side Story Suite and Balanchine’s Agon , he chose to dance Jerome Robbins ’ Opus 19/The Dreamer and an excerpt ...