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In December 2017, Martins took a leave of absence from the New York City Ballet following an allegation of sexual misconduct made against him. [43] [44] [45] Five dancers of the New York City Ballet later told the New York Times that Martins had verbally or physically abused them; Martins denied engaging in any misconduct.
Joseph Duell (April 30, 1956 – February 16, 1986) was an American dancer and choreographer for the New York City Ballet.The day after his performance in George Balanchine's Symphony in C, for which he was praised for the elegance of his classical style, Duell jumped from the window of his apartment building on West 77th Street and died in an apparent suicide.
Justin Peck (born September 8, 1987) is an American choreographer, director, and dancer associated with New York City Ballet, of which he was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title. [1]
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.
Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he ...
Edward Villella and Patricia McBride on USA DANCE: New York City Ballet (1965) performing George Balanchine's "Tarantella" on archive.org After retirement as a performer, Villella was the artistic coordinator of the Eglevsky Ballet from 1979 to 1984 and the director of Ballet Oklahoma (now Oklahoma City Ballet ) from 1983 to 1985.
Born in the Bronx, New York City, Melendez began his ballet training at Ballet School New York at the age of 7, when he was rescued from a New York City homeless shelter and enrolled in New York Theatre Ballet's Project LIFT. [5] He is also a graduate of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre [6]
New York City Ballet Albert Pierce Evans (December 29, 1968 – June 22, 2015) [ 1 ] was an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1988, became a principal dancer in 1995, making him the second African American dancer to hold this position, and had pursue choreography.