Alan Howard (dancer)
{{Short description|American ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher}}
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Alan Howard (1931–2003) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He was a lead dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Biography
=Early life=
=Career=
He became a dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1949, soon becoming lead dancer, or premier danseur. He left the company in 1960. He was later a dancer for the Mia Slavenska Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Radio City Music Hall.
He established the Pacific Ballet Academy in San Francisco, California. He choreographed and produced the Pacific Ballet. He also taught ballet. For example, Kyra Nichols, a lead dancer at the New York City Ballet, was one of his students.
In 2005, he appeared in the documentary, Ballets Russes.Leslie Norton, Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2007, p. 206 [https://books.google.com/books?id=wecvfSWQKJsC&dq=%22alan+howard%22+ballet&pg=PA206]
=Death=
He died of cancer on March 6, 2003, in Chicago.
References
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External links
- [https://mms.newberry.org/xml/xml_files/Howard.xml Alan Howard Papers] at [https://www.newberry.org Newberry Library]
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Category:American male ballet dancers
Category:American choreographers
Category:Deaths from cancer in Illinois
Category:20th-century American ballet dancers
Category:Educators from Chicago
Category:Dancers from California