Alan Howard.Alan Howard, 72, one of the best-known danseurs of Sergei Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Ballet company formed in Monte Carlo in 1932. The name derived from Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which dissolved after his death in 1929. Under René Blum and Col. W. , died in Chicago March 6, 2003, after a battle with cancer. Howard, who received his early training with Edna McRae, joined the Ballet Russe at 19 and quickly won recognition for his brilliant technique and elegant line. As one of the Ballet Russe's virtuoso danseurs, he performed with many of the company's great stars, notably Nina Novak, in Leonide Massine's dramatic ballets as well as the great Petipa classics. He was equally at home with New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Ballet--where he danced briefly in the early 1950s at George Balanchine's invitation--as he was with Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall New York City’s famous cinema; home of the Rockettes. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2338] See : Theater , where he performed the Bluebird bluebird, common name for a North American migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family). The eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, is among the first spring arrivals in the North. It is about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long. pas de deux pas de deux (French; “step for two”) Dance for two performers. A characteristic part of classical ballet, it includes an adagio, or slow dance, by the ballerina and her partner; solo variations by the male dancer and then the ballerina; and a coda, or for a season. Howard was known as a demanding, acerbic, but highly regarded master teacher, training several generations of dancers at the Academy of Ballet in San Francisco. Pacific Ballet, the regional company he founded in San Francisco, became a breeding ground for such rising young stars as Kyra Nichols and Gina Ness. During the 1970s Howard taught at the Berlin Opera Ballet and later the National University in Hannover. He continued to stage works for companies in Europe and Iceland until his retirement in the 1990s. Howard is survived by his niece, Patricia Bostwick. |
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