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Title
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Kansas City Ballet: The First Fifty Years
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Description
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"This fifty-year retrospective of the Kansas City Ballet captures the glorious moments of performance by the company along with the story of its extraordinary journey to becoming a dynamic force in the world of dance" (book jacket). The book contains a foreword by Jacques d'Amboise and details the contributions of artistic directors Tatiana Dokoudovska, Todd Bolender, and William Whitener. Illustrated with many photographs.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Renowned Dancer Dies At Age 88
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Description
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World famous ballet dancer Rosella Hightower died November 3, 2008, age 88, at her home in Cannes, France. "She grew up in Kansas City and went on to start one of the premier dance schools in Europe." Hightower was born in Oklahoma on January 10, 1920, with a Choctaw father and an Irish descent mother and was one of five American Indians to become world-class ballerinas. Her local dance teacher was Dorothy Perkins before she left Kansas City in 1937 to join a French troupe. After World War II she joined what is now called the American Ballet Theatre. "Reviewers always noted Hightower's lyrical movement and dramatic intensity, and the dancer credited [Vaslav] Nijinska with having the most influence on her stage presence and musicality." Includes her picture as taken in 1978.
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Date
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2008-11-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
