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Ivan and Marilyn: a long, loving dance partnership linking Hungary with Australia

February 26, 2014 – 12:09 pm

Ivan Nagy, a former principal with American Ballet Theatre and husband of the Australian dancer, Marilyn Burr, has died in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Aniko Nagy, Australian Ballet, Ballet de Santiago, Budapest State Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Cynthia Gregory, English National Ballet, Festival Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland, Hungarian State Opera House Ballet, Ivan Nagy, La Sylphide, Margot Fonteyn Carla Fracci, Marilyn Burr, National Ballet Company Australia, National Ballet of Washington, Raymonda | Comments (6)

Frederic Franklin, the Peter Pan of dance

May 9, 2013 – 10:22 am

Six weeks before the start of World War I, Fred Franklin, a caterer, and his wife, Mabel, gave birth to

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Agnes de Mille, Alexandra Danilova. Gaite Parisienne, Alicia Markova, American Ballet Theatre, Anton Dolin, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Colin Peasley, Jack Anderson, Lydia Kyasht, Nicolai Legat, Rodeo, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (1)

Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo: ABT marks the 70th anniversary of the moment “we put our feet on the ground”

October 16, 2012 – 1:17 pm

America was at war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour and the United States was â€œnever more deeply determined

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aaron Copland, Agnes de Mille, American Ballet Theatre, Kasimir Kokitch, Oliver Smith, Rodeo | Comments (0)