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Morgan was a principal dancer of The Joffrey Ballet for ten years. [5] In 1977, he notably performed "Touch Me", a male solo. [6] The solo was revived in 1989, when the Los Angeles Times wrote that it "showed Morgan to be a dancer of great power and versatility", and that "Morgan's performance gave the borrowed dance-rhetoric superb immediacy". [7]
The Joffrey Ballet eventually settled down in New York City, under the name the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. In 1962, modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring possible (Soviet Union, 1963), but in 1964 she and Joffrey ...
When the Joffrey Ballet refused to rename their company in Harkness' honor, she withdrew funding and hired most of the Joffrey dancers to her new company, the Harkness Ballet. [7] In addition to founding the Harkness Ballet, Harkness launched a ballet school and home for the company called Harkness House, [8] as well as the refurbished 1,250 ...
He joined the Joffrey Ballet in pursuit of his lifelong dream and participated in the Joffrey II Dancers, a troupe for beginning dancers, where he was mentored by Sally Brayley. [5] Time wrote in 1980: "It is widely known that Ron's parents have not managed to see a single ballet performance of their son, who is clearly very good, having been ...
DeLorenzo is the second eldest of four children. He has one sister and two brothers. [3] DeLorenzo first began performing at a young age as a dancer with Tina Ramirez's Ballet Hispanico. [4] [5] DeLorenzo went on to receive various scholarships from the School of American Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet and the New York School
After joining the Joffrey Ballet, Wilkins became a leading dancer [4] (Joffrey is officially an unranked company). She went on to dance the lead in many of Joffrey and Arpino's works. She has appeared in both Save the Last Dance [5] and The Company. [6] The Los Angeles Times praised her dancing in a performance of Kettentanz in 1997. [7]
Her background in gymnastics and tap dance was a pivotal influence in early dance training under Josephine Schwarz at the Dayton Ballet.In 1966, she joined the then prominent but small Joffrey Ballet as a principal until 1975, becoming a soloist with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) until her retirement from dance in 1982.
In 1956, Arpino was a founding member of the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet with Robert Joffrey. He served as co-director of the company's school, the American Ballet Center, and was the leading dancer until an injury forced him to stop in 1963. [3]