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Violette Verdy
Verdy in 1967
Born
Nelly Armande-Guillerm

(1933-12-01)1 December 1933
Pont-l'Abbé, France
Died8 February 2016(2016-02-08) (aged 82)
Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University
Occupations
  • Ballerina
  • choreographer
  • teacher
  • writer
SpouseColin Clark (divorced)
Awards Legion of Honour - Knight (2008)

Violette Verdy (born Nelly Armande Guillerm; 1 December 1933 – 8 February 2016) was a French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in the United States.[1] From 1958 to 1977 she was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet where she performed in the world premieres of several works created specifically for her by choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She was Distinguished Professor of Music (Ballet) at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, in Bloomington,[2] and the recipient of two medals from the French government.[3]

  1. ^ Victoria Huckenpahler, "Verdy, Violette," in International Encyclopedia of Dance, edited by Selma Jeanne Cohen and others (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), vol.6, pp.327-329).
  2. ^ Violette Verdy, faculty biography, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. http://infor/music/indiana.edu/facultuy/current/verdy-violette.shtml[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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