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Violette Verdy

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Ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)

FranceAcademicsLived 1933 to 2016 · aged 82
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Violette Verdy 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.

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2009Knight of the Legion of Honour
1971Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Violette Verdy 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. 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, and the recipient of two medals from the French government.

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France
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deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2016 · aged 82
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