January Dancer Calendar
January Dancer Calendar
By Joy Held
1 William Chappell dies 1994, British dancer, Ballet Rambert
2 Yuri Grigorovich born 1927, Russian dancer, Bolshoi Ballet
3 Boris Kochno born 1904, Russian dance writer, Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe, 1970
4 Charles Czarny born 1931, Dutch dancer/choreographer, Nederlands Dance Theatre
5 Lucas Hoving dies 2000, Dutch dancer, Lucas Hoving Performance Group
6 Adeline Genee born 1878, Danish dancer, founder Royal Academy of Dancing
7 “Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance.” Mr. Miyagi, "The Next Karate Kid"
8 Gret Palucca born 1902, German dancer, Wigman Dancers
9 Lucia Chase dies 1986, American dancer, founder American Ballet Theatre
10 Remy Charlip born 1929, American dancer, Merce Cunningham Dance Co.
11 Reinhold Gliere born 1875, Russian composer, “The Red Poppy”
12 Louis Horst born 1884, American composer/writer, Modern Dance Forms1960
13 Gwen Verdon born 1925, “Damn Yankees”
14 “Comus” premieres, choreography Robert Helpmann, Sadler’s Wells Ballet
15 Jean Coralli born 1779, Italian dancer, choreographer “Giselle”
16 Rudolf Benesh born 1916, creator Benesh dance notation system
17 Ulysses Dove born 1947, American dancer, Alvin Ailey Company
18 “On with the dance; let joy be unconfined!” Lord Byron
19 Elizabeth Carroll born 1937, American dancer, American Ballet Theatre
20 Maria Danilova dies 1818, Russian dancer, Imperial Theatre Ballet School
21 Tatsumi Hyikata dies 1986, Japanese dancer, creator butoh dance form
22 “Eight Jelly Rolls” premieres 1971, choreography Twyla Tharp, Oberlin College
23 “Le Corsaire” premieres 1856, choreography Joseph Mazilier, Paris Opera Ballet
24 Ludmilla Chiriaeff born 1924, Latvian dancer, founder Les Grands Ballet Canadiens
25 Irene Castle dies 1969, American ballroom dancer, wife Vernon Castle, “The Castle Walk”
26 “How can we know the dancer from the dance?” William Butler Yeats
27 Stanley Holden born 1928, British dancer, Royal Ballet
28 “La Gypsy” premieres 1839, choreography Joseph Mazilier, Paris Opera Ballet
29 Natalia Dudinskaya dies 2003, Russian ballerina, Kirov Ballet
30 Sergei Denham dies 1970, director Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
31 Philip Glass born 1937, American composer, “Glass Pieces”