Lyon was a member of George Balanchine’s American Ballet, founded by Lincoln Kirstein in 1936, and danced in the original casts of Le baiser de la fée, Jeu de cartes and Serenade.
He was a leading dancer with the American Ballet, Ballet Caravan and the American Ballet Caravan companies that preceded and led to the establishment of the New York City Ballet in 1948.
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The official premiere took place June 27 1941, at Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro as part of American Ballet Caravan's South American tour, and Concerto Barocco subsequently entered the repertory of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Todd Bolender (1914–2006), American ballet dancer and choreographer
Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle (American Ballet Theatre), Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.
Alongside the best local troupes, choreographers and soloists, Dubrovnik has been visited by Merce Cunningham, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, Glenn Tetley and Martha Graham and their companies, the Twentieth Century Ballet of Maurice Bejart, the American Ballet Theatre, the London Festival Ballet, the Harkness Ballet, the Antonio Gades troupe, the ballet of the Hungarian State Opera, and ballets from the cities of Parma, Antwerp and Adelaide.
He performed in American Ballet Theatre's taping of Le Corsaire, which aired on television, in 1999 and in New York City Ballet's Romeo and Juliet which also aired on television live from Lincoln Center.
:For the Cuban-American ballet dancer (born 1968), see José Manuel Carreño.
She was trained at and performed with the Houston Ballet until she was 18 before moving to the American Ballet Theatre.
In 1939, she married Edward Mortimer Morris Warburg, a founder of the Jewish Museum; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); and the American Ballet, the precursor of the New York City Ballet.
Natalia Clare (September 3, 1919 – April 8, 2007) was an American ballet dancer and instructor who performed (sometimes as Natalia Conlon) with Ballets Russes and opened her own Los Angeles studio in 1956.
Bolle’s Spring 2010 American Ballet Theater performances include The Lady of the Camellias, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, and Romeo and Juliet.
The Ford Foundation established its first ballet training program in 1958; beginning in 1959, the Foundation offered grants covering tuition and expenses for advanced ballet students selected to attend either New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet or San Francisco Ballet School.
Suki Schorer, ballet teacher at the School of American Ballet and former dancer with New York City Ballet
Tener Brown (or Carolyn Tener Brown, born 1960) is an American ballet coach of New Jersey Ballet, a former ballet dancer of American Ballet Theatre, and a former actress.
Edward Villella (born 1936), American ballet dancer and choreographer