George Tomal (1924-2008).Dancer, choreographer, and a founding director of New Jersey Ballet, George Tomal died in February. A Chicago native, he danced with American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. , Roland Petit's Ballets des Champs Elysees and Igor Schwezoff's Ballet Concerts Company. In 1958, he formed the New Jersey Ballet Company with Carolyn Clark. During the '60s he co-directed the Denver Ballet Arts Center. Tomal choreographed more than a hundred dance works, including 16 productions for New Jersey State Opera and dozens of ballets for the New Jersey Ballet, including Poco po·co adv. Music To a slight degree or amount; somewhat. Used chiefly as a direction. [Italian, from Latin paucus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.] Adagio, Carmina Burana, Winterset, and Carmen. His Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in , Cinderella, Coppelia, and Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel fattened up for child-eating witch. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 56] See : Cannibalism Hansel and Gretel woodcutter’s children barely escape witch. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 56] See : Escape were especially popular. His most enduring legacy is New Jersey Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, which premiered in 1971 with Edward Villella as guest artist. Tomal remained an active coach and teacher at the New Jersey School of Ballet until his death. |
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