Robert Joffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets. He was born Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan in Seattle, Washington to a Pashtun father from Afghanistan and a mother from Italy.[1][2]
^"Robert Joffrey". Encyclopædia Britannica online. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
^"Passing the Barre--With Chili". LA Times. 23 January 1997. Retrieved 19 August 2015. Robert Joffrey's father was an immigrant of the Pakhtun nationality of Afghanistan, also known as the Pashtuns or Pathans
RobertJoffrey (December 24, 1930 – March 25, 1988) was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known...
annual presentation of The Nutcracker. Founded in 1956 by dance pioneers RobertJoffrey and Gerald Arpino, the company has earned a reputation for boundary-breaking...
of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000). Joffrey is officially the eldest son and heir of king Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister, but in actuality...
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dancer and choreographer. He was the co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet and succeeded RobertJoffrey as its artistic director in 1988. Born on Staten Island...
who was then living in Greenwich Village. She studied ballet at the RobertJoffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha Graham Studios. In New...
son Joffrey fight for control of the Seven Kingdoms while Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy fight for secession, known as the War of Five Kings. Robert Baratheon...
Joffrey is unaware that King Robert is not his real father – who, in reality, is Jaime Lannister. After Robert's death, the Lannisters make Joffrey the...
Life in Dance'. By Jennifer Dunning (Addison-Wesley) : 'The Joffrey Ballet: RobertJoffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company'. By Sasha Anawalt...
Philippines, an honor that was declared in 1978. She performed for the Joffrey Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. She has taught...
neoclassicism. Among the innovators in this form were Glen Tetley, RobertJoffrey and Gerald Arpino. While difficult to parse modern ballet from neoclassicism...
fight breaks out and Joffrey is attacked by Nymeria (Arya's direwolf) after Joffrey threatens to hurt Arya. Sansa lies to King Robert about the circumstances...
principal dancer of Oakland Ballet Company. Anawalt, Sasha. The Joffrey Ballet: RobertJoffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company. New York: Scribner...
of Representatives, heart attack. RobertJoffrey, 57, American dancer and choreographer, co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, organ failure. Leona Maricle...
Life in Dance'. By Jennifer Dunning (Addison-Wesley): 'The Joffrey Ballet: RobertJoffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company'. By Sasha Anawalt...
Ann." (Rhodes went by the nickname of Buddy until he was renamed by RobertJoffrey in the 1960s.) He discovered ballet at age 14 after seeing a Ballet...
restaurant owned by the father of one of her most talented students, RobertJoffrey, served as an incubator for emerging dance talent. Under Wells' mentorship...
wanted to make without studio interference. The Company, a film about the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, featured a cast composed mainly of actual dancers. The...
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and singer. He is most notable as "one of the most iconic dancers of the Joffrey company in the 1970s, perhaps in its history." Arthur Christian Holder...
the North, and briefly serves as Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon. He is executed, by Joffrey's order, on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. He...
Life in Dance'. By Jennifer Dunning (Addison-Wesley) : 'The Joffrey Ballet: RobertJoffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company'. By Sasha Anawalt...
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