Magda Saleh, Influential Egyptian Ballerina, Is Dead at 79
Trained at the Bolshoi, she became a star of the Cairo Ballet and played a key role in making ballet accessible to people of all classes.
Trained at the Bolshoi, she became a star of the Cairo Ballet and played a key role in making ballet accessible to people of all classes.
Like her mother, she became a Graham dancer, and then oversaw acclaimed productions of the choreographer's works as well as Jerome Robbins' musical.
A choreographer and dancer, she was associated with Graham for more than 50 years, and founded and directed the Martha Graham Ensemble, a student company.
After dancing with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and other companies, he became its director. He was also well known for his staging of works by Antony Tudor.
A versatile artist who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet, she was the younger sister of the famed dancer Maria Tallchief.
When his career was ended by a bad knee, he and his wife and fellow dancer opened what became one of the most prestigious ballet academies in America.
Celebrated for her strong technique and natural grandeur, she was a star soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet before finding a new audience in London.
Charlene Gehm, a dancer who thrilled audiences and critics alike with her excellence in an unusually wide range of roles with the Joffrey Ballet and other troupes, died Jan. 10 at her home i…
Mr. Fibich, at first an actor, went on to specialize in Jewish dance traditions.
Mr. Petit worked with Jean Cocteau, Danny Kaye and his own wife, the ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire, among many others. Sex and suffering were the themes of his most renowned pieces.