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Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is an American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training as a child in Cincinnati. In 1960, she received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet.
Suzanne Farrell, American dancer especially known for her performances with New York City Ballet. Often thought of as the ‘Balanchine ballerina par excellence,’ she combined a light, gentle presence and a certain cool assurance with flawless technique to create her stage persona.
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Apr 23, 2019 · Suzanne Farrell, the sublime ballerina and creator of many lead roles for the choreographer George Balanchine, was back in the studio where he made many of his masterworks for...
Since the year 2000, Suzanne Farrell has been a professor of dance at Florida State University. In that same year, she organized the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, which became the resident classical ballet company of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Dec 19, 2017 · WASHINGTON — Suzanne Farrell was the most celebrated of the many ballerinas trained and presented by the superlative choreographer George Balanchine (1904-83). Her dancing was...
Feb 11, 2022 · As a child, Roberta Sue Ficker of Cincinnati, Ohio never dreamed of becoming Suzanne Farrell, the youngest ballerina in the history of the New York City Ballet. A devotee of tree climbing, dodgeball and playing “dress-up,” she imagined instead that she would work as a clown.
Nov 16, 2023 · Florida State University’s School of Dance Krafft Professor Suzanne Farrell, an internationally recognized New York City Ballet principal dancer, a 2005 Kennedy Center Honoree and the founder of Suzanne Farrell Ballet, has long been regarded as one of the most extraordinary and influential ballerinas of the late-20th century.
