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Tanaquil Le Clercq (/ l ɛ k ˈ l ɛər / lek-LAIR; October 2, 1929 – December 31, 2000) was an American ballet dancer, born in Paris, France, who became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet at the age of nineteen.
Tanaquil Le Clercq is a name resonant with drama and tragedy. The first name is that of an Etruscan Queen, one sensitive to omens. The last comes from a French father who married a...
Feb 4, 2014 · The documentary “Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq” traces the life of a great ballerina who was paralyzed by polio at the height of her career.
Feb 15, 2012 · Tanaquil Le Clercq, named for the first Etruscan queen of Rome, was called Tanny by her friends, and for 23 years I was one of them. Though Varley O’Connor’s “The Master’s Muse” (Scribner), due...
Jun 5, 2014 · Biography. June 5, 2014. Born in Paris, Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929 – 2000) was the daughter of a French intellectual and a society matron from St. Louis, MO. When Tanny was...
Jan 1, 2001 · Tanaquil Le Clercq, one of the greatest of American ballerinas, who was George Balanchine's ideal muse and Jerome Robbins's happiest inspiration at the New York City Ballet in the...
Tanaquil Le Clercq, the New York City ballet soloist who contracted the disease in 1956 at the age of 27, at first needed to be placed in an iron lung, but she recovered to a point...
