Clark Tippet

{{Short description|American choreographer (1954–1994)}}{{More footnotes needed|date=December 2024}}

Clark Tippet (October 5, 1954, in Parsons, Kansas – January 28, 1992) was an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a member of the American Ballet Theatre company in New York City. Among other roles, he was the male Spanish dancer in Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. The production was first televised in 1977.

Tippet died of HIV/AIDS on January 28, 1992, in Parsons, aged 37.{{cite news |last1=Beers |first1=Carole |title=Clark Tippet, Ballet Dancer, Award-Winning Choreographer |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920201&slug=1473348 |access-date=2023-04-09 |work=The Seattle Times |date=1992-02-01}}