Marie-Jeanne (1920-2007).[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marie-Jeanne was one of the iconic figures of American dance, although her dancing career was short. She was born in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Marie-Jeanne Pelus in 1920, and started lessons at the School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. It is considered one of the most prestigious and notable ballet schools in the United States and teaches some of the most talented young dancers in the country. in 1934. A superb artist and exceptional technician, her progress was meteoric me·te·or·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid. 2. Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere. 3. . After little more than a year she was dancing with Balanchine's American Ballet American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet. , and in 1937 she joined Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan, where she created major roles in Eugene Loring's Billy the Kid and Yankee Clipper and Lew Christensen's Filling Station. In 1941 the 20-year-old created the leading roles in Balanchine's Concerto Barocco and Ballet Imperial, partnered in both by William Dollar. She later danced with the Original Ballet Russe, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, and the various De Cuevas companies, for which she created the leads in the Balanchine/Salvador Dali Colloque Sentimentale and Dollar's Constantia. After dancing with the Kirstein/Balanchine Ballet Society, she briefly joined New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. on its founding before retiring unusually early in 1954. |
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