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Sono Osato (大里 ソノ, Osato Sono, August 29, 1919 – December 26, 2018) was an American dancer and actress.
Dec 26, 2018 · Sono Osato, a Japanese-American dancer who toured the world with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, performed with the Ballet Theater in New York and then gained acclaim on...
Sono Osato was the first American and the first dancer of Japanese descent to join the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She also created the role of Ivy Smith in the 1944 Broadway premiere of On the Town, a musical that featured a non-segregated cast.
Sono Osato, a trailblazing ballet and musical theater dancer, passed away last Wednesday at her home in New York City. Best known for originating the role of Miss Turnstiles in Jerome Robbins’ hit On the Town —one of Broadway’s first non-segregated musicals—Osato got her start at 14 as the youngest member of the Ballets Russes de Monte ...
Sep 23, 2013 · In this week’s column I diverge from my usual practice of not featuring living people in order to salute dancer/actress Sono Osato on the occasion of her recent 94th birthday. Osato was not just a uniquely visible Japanese American face in 1940s America, but an exemplar of progressive politics and good citizenship, Born in Omaha ...
Dec 28, 2018 · Dancer and actress Sono Osato, perhaps best remembered by Broadway audiences for having originated the role of Ivy Smith in On the Town, died in her home in Manhattan at the age of 99.
Sono Osato starred as Ivy Smith, the Miss Turnstiles of New York, in the 1944 musical On the Town. Learn how her casting challenged racial stereotypes and prejudices in wartime America.
