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| Gene Kelly (1912-1996) American tap and ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and director, known for his work in motion-picture musicals. Born Eugene Curran Kelly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied at his mother's dance school, he first won recognition in the Broadway musical Pal Joey (1940). Kelly moved to Hollywood, California, and made his film debut with American actor Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942), which launched his career. He subsequently appeared in and codirected such popular film musicals as On the Town (1949) and Singin' in the Rain (1952). His dancing and choreography in An American in Paris (1951) were acclaimed as outstanding examples of film ballet, as was his performance of Richard Rodgers's Slaughter on 10th Avenue ballet in Words and Music (1948). Kelly's work also includes the all-dance film Invitation to the Dance (1956) and the jazz ballet Pas de deux, choreographed for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. He performed dramatic roles in such films as The Three Musketeers (1948), Marjorie Morningstar (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), and Hello, Dolly! (1969). Kelly received a special Academy Award in 1951 for his contributions to motion-picture choreography. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1960. In the 1980s he received two prestigious life achievement awards, one from the Kennedy Center (1982) and one from the American Film Institute (1985). He was awarded a National Medal of Arts in 1994. Bob Fosse (1930-1987) A director, choreographer, dancer, and actor for films and stage, Fosse was especially famous for his innovative and spectacular staging, with the emphasis on exhilarating dance sequences. Bob Fosse began his career in Chicago where he studied ballet, tap, and acrobatic dance from an early age. While still a teenager, he performed with a partner as the Riff Brothers in vaudeville and burlesque theatres. After graduating from high school in 1945, he spent two years in the U.S. Navy before moving to New York and studying acting at the American Theatre Wing. He then toured in the chorus of various productions before making his Broadway debut in the musical revue DANCE ME A SONG. As a dancer, he performed in two long-running musicals, CALL ME MISTER and MAKE MINE MANHATTAN, followed by such Hollywood films as GIVE A GIRL A BREAK and KISS ME KATE. As a choreographer, his first show-stopping number was Steam Heat from PAJAMA GAME. This he followed with such hits as DAMN YANKEES with Gwen Verdon, BELLS ARE RINGING with Judy Holiday, NEW GIRL IN TOWN again with Gwen Verdon, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING with Robert Morse. He began his career as a director and choreographer with REDHEAD with Gwen Verdon, LITTLE ME with Sid Caesar, and two more Gwen Verdon musicals, SWEET CHARITY and CHICAGO. He also staged the innovative musical smash PIPPIN, the highly successful dance revue DANCIN¼, and the 1986 musical BIG DEAL. For the screen, Fosse directed the films SWEET CHARITY with Shirley MacLaine, ALL THAT JAZZ with Roy Scheider, LENNY with Dustin Hoffman, STAR 80 with Eric Roberts, and, most spectacularly, CABARET with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. In 1973, Bob Fosse had the distinction of winning the three highest awards in three different media. He won a Tony Award for the musical PIPPIN, an Oscar for the film CABARET, and an Emmy Award for the television special LIZA WITH A Z. In 1960, he married his third wife, Gwen Verdon. From that union came his only child, a daughter Nicole. During the Washington D.C. run of one of his most successful shows, SWEET CHARITY, he died of a heart attack. This occurred shortly before the curtain went up on the night of September 23, 1987. First two Bio's thanks to Stacey McKinney at http://members.tripod.com/~staceymck/me.html Angel Corella (1975-????) Angel Corella was born in Madrid in 1975. He began his ballet studies in Colmenar Viejo, and later, studied in Madrid with Karemia Moreno. In May, 1991, Mr. Corella won First Prize in the National Ballet Competition of Spain. In December, 1994, he won the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris, dancing the pas de deux from Don Quixote and Le Corsaire. In April, 1995, he joined American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist and became a Principal dancer in 1996. His roles with ABT include the Jester in Cinderella, Basil and the Gypsy in Don Quixote, Solor in La Bayadère, Benvolio and the lead Mandolin dancer in Romeo and Juliet, the Bluebird and Gold in The Sleeping Beauty, leading roles in Stepping Stones, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Theme and Variations, and featured roles in Americans We and Ballet Imperial. Robert Hill Born in West Babylon, New York, Robert Hill began his dance training at the age of seventeen in Florida at the Dussich Dance Studio. In 1979, he joined the School of American Ballet on a scholarship, then attended the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts for a year. Prior to joining American Ballet Theatre in 1982, he danced with Phyllis Papa at the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre, in Atlantic City. Mr. Hill's roles with the Company include a leading role in Etudes, the Baron in Gaîté Parisienne, Albrecht in Giselle, Des Grieux in Manon, the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Romeo and Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, and the leading roles in Symphonie Concertante and Theme and Variations. His created roles include leading roles in Americans We, Enough Said, and States of Grace, and featured roles in Cruel World and Requiem. Appointed Soloist with American Ballet Theatre in 1986, Mr. Hill left the Company in 1988 and danced with the New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, the Ballet Teatro alla Scala, the Scottish Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet. Mr. Hill appeared with American Ballet Theatre as a guest artist in 1990 and rejoined the Company as a Principal Dancer in 1993. In July, 1994, he appeared as an exchange artist with The Australian Ballet. Julie Kent Julie Kent began her dance training with Hortensia Fonseca at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet. She attended the American Ballet Theatre II summer session and the School of American Ballet before joining ABT as an apprentice in 1985 and the corps de ballet in 1986. In 1985, Miss Kent won first place in the regional finals of the National Society of Arts and Letters at the Kennedy Center. In 1986, she was the only American to win a medal at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition. In March, 1993, Miss Kent won the Erik Bruhn Prize in Toronto, Canada. Miss Kent's roles with the Company include the leading role in Ballet Imperial, Nikiya in La Bayadère, Prayer in Coppelia, the Queen of the Driads in Don Quixote, a leading role in Echoing of Trumpets, Giselle and the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Caroline in Jardin Aux Lilas, Manon in Manon, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, The Maiden in The Other, the leading role in Paquita, the Ranch Owner's Daughter in Rodeo, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the third movement in Sinfonietta, the Lilac Fairy and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, the Prelude in Les Sylphides, leading roles in Symphonic Variations, Symphonie Concertante, and Theme and Variations, and the pas de trois in Voluntaries. She created leading roles in Americans We and States of Grace, and featured roles in Rigaudon and Cruel World. In 1987, Miss Kent starred in the Herbert Ross film, Dancers. She was appointed Soloist in 1990 and Principal Dancer in 1993. Keith Roberts Keith Roberts was born in Denver, Colorado and studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts from the age of thirteen. At seventeen he was accepted at the School of American Ballet in New York. He joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in 1987, was appointed Soloist in 1992, and became and Principal Dancer in 1997. Mr. Roberts' roles with the Company include the Bronze Idol and the Head Fakir in La Bayadère, the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Lescaut in Manon, the Nutcracker/Prince in The Nutcracker, Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, the Bluebird and Gold in The Sleeping Beauty, Benno in Swan Lake, Gurn in La Sylphide, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, the Transgressor in Undertow, leading roles in A Brahms Symphony, The Rite Of Spring, Les Sylphides, and Symphonic Variations, and featured roles in Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes and Sinfonietta. He created leading roles in Americans We and Jump Start, and featured roles in Brief Fling, Cruel World, and How Near Heaven. Mr. Roberts has also toured with Twyla Tharp and Dancers, performing In The Upper Room and "One for My Baby' in Nine Sinatra Songs. Next four for the ABT web site www.abt.org Rudolf Nureyev Soviet-born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev was one of the most celebrated dancers of the 20th century and the first male superstar of the ballet world since Vaslav Nijinsky. He mesmerized audiences with spectacular leaps and turns, but it was his passionate temperament and flamboyance onstage and off that made him a phenomenon. Nureyev, who was of Tatar descent, was reared in Moscow and Ufa, where he studied dance and apprenticed with the Ufa Ballet. He was an outstanding but rebellious student at the Leningrad Ballet School from 1955 to 1958, when he bypassed the corps de ballet and graduated directly to solo roles with the Kirov Ballet. Three years later, on June 17, 1961, while on tour with the Kirov in Paris, he eluded Soviet security guards and requested asylum from officials at Le Bourget airport. In the following months he performed in Paris, New York City, London, and Chicago, but he reached a turning point in 1962 when he partnered the British Royal Ballet's acclaimed ballerina Margot Fonteyn, who was 19 years his senior. Nureyev's fiery virtuosity proved to be a perfect counterpoint to Fonteyn's elegant maturity, and their long partnership rejuvenated her career and established his. Despite his association with the Royal Ballet as a "permanent guest artist" for 20 years, Nureyev was not formally affiliated with the dance company. He worked as a guest artist around the world, both as a dancer and later as a choreographer. In the 1970s Nureyev branched into other performing arts. He appeared on television and in motion pictures, he also toured the U.S. as the King of Siam in a revival of the Broadway musical The King and I, and he even tried his hand at conducting. Although he became an Austrian citizen in 1982, he lived mainly in Paris, where he was director and principal choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet. In 1989 he danced in the Soviet Union for the first time since his defection. Nureyev made his last public appearance in October 1992, taking a bow at the Paris premiere of his new production of La Bayadere. Nureyev died in 1993, in Paris, France |
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