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December 11, 2021. Nationality. American. Occupation (s) Dancer. choreographer. Title. Founder and artistic director of Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet and Von Heidecke School of Ballet. Kenneth von Heidecke (December 30, 1952 – December 11, 2021) was an American dancer, choreographer, and the founder and artistic director of Von ...
The Joffrey Ballet is an American dance company and training institution in Chicago, Illinois. The Joffrey regularly performs classical and contemporary ballets during its annual performance season at the Civic Opera House, including its annual presentation of The Nutcracker. Founded in 1956 by dance pioneers Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino ...
Chicago Festival Ballet is a professional ballet company performing a repertoire of classical, romantic and neoclassical works in venues around the United States. Chicago Festival Ballet is also known as Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet. Chicago Festival Ballet's sister organization and educational arm is the Von Heidecke School of Ballet.
Misty Copeland. Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) [1] is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. [2] On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
Gus Giordano. Gus Giordano (July 10, 1923 – March 9, 2008 [1] [2] ), born after August Thomas Giordano III, was an American jazz dancer, teacher, and choreographer. He performed on Broadway, in theater and on television. Giordano taught jazz dance to thousands around the world. [3] He founded the Gus Giordano Dance School in 1953, Gus ...
Founded in 1956, [1] it is a Chicago dance company located in downtown Chicago. Chicago Grand Opera Company 's first ballet master was Luigi Albertieri (protégé of Enrico Cecchetti ). The opera became a base from which successful Chicago resident dance companies emerged. In 1922, two émigré dancers, Andreas Pavley and Serge Oukrainsky ...
Evanston, Illinois U.S. Occupation (s) Dancer. Dance teacher. Years active. 1925-1974. Edna L. McRae (June 15, 1901 – June 7, 1990) [1] was an American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, often called the grand dame of the Chicago ballet community. [2] [3]
Jennifer Lesley Ellison (born 30 May 1983) [citation needed] is an English actress, former glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer.Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.