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In 1999, Septime Webre, a Cuban-American, joined The Washington Ballet as the artistic director.Works created for the Washington Ballet by Webre include Juanita y Alicia (2000), Carmen (2001), Journey Home (2002), Cinderella (2003), Oui/Non (2006), and State of Wonder (2006), as well as Carmina Burana, Fluctuating Hemlines, Where the Wild Things Are, and Peter Pan.
The National Ballet of Washington, D.C. was an American national ballet company founded in 1962 by Jean Riddell, [1] [2] granddaughter of the founder of PET Evaporated Milk and artistic director Frederic Franklin, [3] with financial support from the Ford Foundation. [4] Its studios were located at 2801 Connecticut Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C ...
Julie Kent (born Julie Cox, 1969) [1] is an American ballet dancer; she was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015. In 2016, she was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet. [2] She became co-artistic director at the Houston Ballet in July 2023.
Mary Henry Day was born on January 25, 1910, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Foggy Bottom. She began studying ballet when she was eleven years old. At fifteen she began studying ballet with Lisa Gardiner at the King Smith School. [1] Day then moved to England where she studied at the Royal Academy of Dance. After she graduated, she returned ...
Jordan considered studying ballet in England or Australia but instead completed a Master of Arts degree in dance in Washington, D.C in the United States, where she was exposed to the teachings of Martha Graham. [3] [4] On her return to New Zealand she established the dance studies programme at the University of Auckland and taught the Graham ...
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Burmann was a principal dancer for companies including Frankfurt Ballet, Grand Théâtre du Genève, and Stuttgart Ballet. He also danced with companies including New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and New Jersey Ballet. [1] Burmann retired from dancing in 1977. [4] Burmann was a ballet master at the Washington Ballet and the Ballet du ...
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