biography
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Kaye, Nora
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originally Nora Koreff
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1920–87)
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| biography:
| Ballerina, born in New York City, USA. She studied at the School of American Ballet and the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet School. She joined American Ballet Theatre at its inception in 1939, and soon became the leading dramatic ballerina of her generation, creating the role of Hagar in Antony Tudor's Pillar of Fire (1942), and appearing in other modern ballets as well as the classics. She was a member of New York City Ballet (1951–4), then returned to ABT until her retirement in 1961. She co-founded Ballet of Two Worlds with her choreographer husband Herbert Ross (1926–2001). |
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