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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.
Though Balanchine divorced LeClercq to pursue Farrell, she instead married fellow dancer Paul Mejia. This caused the relationship of Farrell and Balanchine to fracture. There was enormous tension between them, which caused Farrell and husband Mejia to leave the company. [9] Mejia and Farrell were married from 1969 to 1997. [10]
Tanaquil Le Clercq was the fourth and last wife (1952–1969) of George Balanchine, the pioneer of American ballet. He obtained a quick divorce from her to woo Suzanne Farrell (who refused Balanchine's marriage proposal and went on to marry another Balanchine dancer, Paul Mejia). Le Clercq died of pneumonia in New York Hospital at the age of 71 ...
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The Janice Levin Dancer Award was created in 2000 by an endowment gift from the late Mrs. Levin, and is bestowed annually on a promising member of NYCB's corps de ballet. [ 65 ] 2023 - 2024 – Naomi Corti
African-American male ballet dancers (15 P) Pages in category "American male ballet dancers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 253 total.
The Texas Ballet Theater was founded by Margo Dean in 1961 as the Fort Worth Ballet Association, ... All dancers, production staff and most administrative staff were ...
Paul R. Giunta - Getty Images Leslie Grace The 28-year-old In the Heights actress released her self-titled sophomore album in 2013, earning her a Grammy nomination before she even graduated high ...