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Myra Yvonne Chouteau (/ ʃ uː ˈ t oʊ /) (March 7, 1929 – January 24, 2016) was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons" or Native prima ballerinas of Oklahoma. She was the only child of Corbett Edward and Lucy Annette Chouteau. She was born March 7, 1929, in Fort Worth, Texas.
The school was founded by the Russo-Georgian-born choreographer George Balanchine, and philanthropists Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Warburg in 1934. [1] Balanchine's self- prescribed edict, "But first, a school", is indicative of his adherence to the ideals of the training that was fostered by the Imperial Ballet School where he received his training.
Mejia was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] Both of his parents were ballet dancers. His father Paul Mejia, who is Peruvian, was a dancer at the New York City Ballet (NYCB) during the 1960s. [2] Mejia began dancing at age three at the Metropolitan Classical Ballet, where his father was a co-artistic director.
The resulting organization was then renamed Texas Ballet Theater in 2003. [1] Texas Ballet Theater, currently under artistic director of Ben Stevenson, O.B.E. is a resident company of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth and the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. [2]
Danced with Boston Ballet, Fort Worth Ballet, on Broadway and guest artist with numerous ballet companies. Dancing mostly classics and Balanchine. Obtained a BFA and MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He is the first ballet dancer to be awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. The Fulbright Scholarship was in conjunction with the ...
Bass volunteered for the Junior League of Fort Worth. [2] She supported the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. [2] [4] She also supported the Texas Ballet Theatre, which she "rescued from bankruptcy". [8] She donated US$300,000 on her own, complemented by a US$250,000 donation from the Sid Richardson ...
Suki Schorer is an American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer. She danced with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet from 1959 to 1972. Suki Schorer teaches at the School of American Ballet, [1] the official school of the New York City Ballet and is a Balanchine Trust répétiteur.
Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is a former American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training as a child in Cincinnati. In 1960, she received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet. Her first leading roles in ballets came in the early 1960s.