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Watts retired from the stage in a gala performance at Lincoln Center in 1995. She married fellow New York City Ballet Principal Damian Woetzel in 1999. In addition to her dancing career, Watts was director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts in Saratoga Springs from 1982 to 1994, where she administered a ballet school for gifted ...
The Juilliard School (/ ˈ dʒ uː l i. ɑːr d / JOO-lee-ard) [4] is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City.Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. Juilliard.
Damian Woetzel (born May 17, 1967) is an American choreographer.. Woetzel was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he performed from 1985 until 2008.He also frequently performed with companies like the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, until his retirement from the stage in 2008. [1]
Born in Shanghai, Mao's family emigrated to New York City when he was 5 years old. A graduate of Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Mao earned his BA in Literature from Princeton University . During his junior and senior years at Princeton, Mao successfully petitioned for dance to be recognized [ 1 ] as deserving of academic credit.
Kretzschmar holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University. [5] She is currently the artistic director of Ballet Hartford and co-hosts the New York City Ballet podcast "The Rosin Box". [6] [7] She is a co-founder of Arthouse2B. [1] In October 2022, Kretzschmar retired from the New York City Ballet. [8]
New York City Ballet: Diamond Project: May 4 Two Birds with the Wings of One: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux: Bright Sheng: New York City Ballet: Diamond Project: May 25 Russian Seasons: Alexei Ratmansky: Leonid Desyatnikov: New York City Ballet: Diamond Project: June 8 Slice to Sharp: Jorma Elo: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi: New ...
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Villella became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1957, rising to soloist in 1958 and principal dancer in 1960, last dancing there in 1979. [4]: 179 Among his most noteworthy [5] performances were Oberon in George Balanchine's ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream (with music by Felix Mendelssohn), Tarantella, Rubies in the Balanchine ballet Jewels, and Prodigal Son.