...identity and in 1970 Harkness amalgamated it with the Harkness Youth Ballet (founded 1969 ) under the direction of Ben Stevenson who was succeeded by Vicente Nebrada . In 1972 she purchased the Harkness Theater which opened with a brief season by the company in 1974 . Though the vitality of the dancers was widely admired, the repertory failed to establish a distinct personality and the company was soon disbanded. Its school, Harkness House for Ballet Arts (founded in 1965 ), continued to...
... Ballet . The founding of the Harkness Ballet in New York in 1964 generated great anticipation in the dance world. Writers depicted Rebekah Harkness (born 1915 , died 1982 ), its founder, as a fairy godmother who granted her company endless wishes. The Harkness seemed to have everything: extraordinary dancers; major teachers, choreographers, composers, and designers; comfortable, even luxurious working conditions and decent pay; a patron sincerely devoted to developing modern American ballet; and, not least, the resources of two multimillion-dollar...
US ballet company named after its founder Rebekah Harkness. It was established in 1964 and gave its debut performance in Cannes in 1965 under the direction of Skibine, with Marjorie Tallchief as ...
(b St Louis, 17 Apr. 1915; d New York, 17 Jun. 1982)US composer, director, and president of the Harkness foundation. She studied music with Nadia Boulanger and dance with L. Fokine, and in 1961 ...
(b Kermanshah, 27 Nov. 1938)Iranian dancer, ballet master, and ballet director. He studied at the Tehran Dance Academy and at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School in New York, the School of American ...
(b Caracas, 31 Mar. 1932; d Caracas, 25 May 2002)Venezuelan dancer, choreographer, and ballet director. He studied in Venezuela and the US and began his stage career in 1946, performing with several ...
(b Southsea, 4 Apr. 1937)British dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director. He studied at Arts Educational School and in 1953 joined the Theatre Arts Ballet. In 1956 he danced with Sadler's Wells ...
(b Gothenburg, 8 Mar. 1943; d Bali, 9 Jun. 2008)Swedish dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. He studied at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, joining the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1960. He became a ...
(Abdulla Jaffa Anver Bey Khan; born 24 December 1930 in Seattle, died 25 March 1988 in New York City), ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and company director. The son of an ...
(b Copenhagen, 3 Oct. 1928; d Toronto, 1 Apr. 1986)Danish dancer, choreographer, and ballet director. He studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School (from 1937) and joined the company in 1947, promoted ...
(orig. Yuril Borisovich Skibin; b Yasnaya Poliana, Ukraine, 20 Jan. 1920; d Dallas, Tex., 14 Jun. 1981)Russian-US dancer, choreographer, and ballet director. The son of Boris Skibine, a dancer with ...
Ballet in one act with choreography and libretto by van Dantzig, music by Jan Boerman, designs by van Schayk. Premiered 19 Jun. 1965, by Dutch National Ballet, at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, ...
(b Mount Hope, W. Va., 24 Nov. 1939)US dancer and director. He studied at the Ballet Russe School and in 1958 joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Between 1960 and 1964 he danced with the Robert ...
(orig. Ger. title Die im Schatten leben)Ballet in one act with choreography by Gore, music by Britten, and design by H. Heckroth. Premiered 29 Jan. 1958 by Frankfurt Ballet, Frankfurt, with Hinton, ...
US ballet company founded in New York but now based in Chicago. It grew out of the Robert Joffrey Ballet Concert, which first performed at the New York YM-YWHA in 1954. A chamber ensemble, it drew ...
The story of Ariadne, Theseus, and the Minotaur has inspired many choreographers including Deshayes (Paris, 1747), Hilverding (Vienna, 1754), Angiolini (Milan, 1773), Gallet (London, 1797), Reisinger ...
(b Greenwood, Miss., 29 Sept. 1918; d New York, 11 Sept. 1993)US dancer, choreographer, and director. He studied at the Graham School and at the School of American Ballet before dancing with the ...
(b Madison, Wis., 3 Mar. 1954)US dancer and choreographer. She studied at the N. Carolina School of the Arts, the University of Utah, the School of American Ballet, and Harkness Ballet School. She ...
(b Ottawa, 16 Jul. 1928)Canadian-US dancer, teacher, and director. She studied with G. Osborn, C. and D. Littlefield, at the School of American Ballet, and later with Preobrajenska. She danced with ...
(b Chicago, 9 Apr. 1943)US dancer and choreographer. He studied painting then turned to dance which he studied at the Juilliard School and with Sokolow, Danielian, and Graham. He made his debut in ...
