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Gerald Arpino (January 14, 1923 – October 29, 2008) was an American dancer and choreographer. He was the co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet and succeeded Robert Joffrey as its artistic director in 1988.
30 de oct. de 2008 · Oct. 29, 2008. Gerald Arpino, a founder of the Joffrey Ballet and a distinctly American choreographer whose works popularized dance with their trendy finger on the nation’s pulse, died on...
El coreógrafo estadounidense Gerald Arpino ha fallecido víctima de un cáncer de próstata a los 85 años. Había nacido en el seno de una familia de emigrantes italianos en Staten...
Arpino was the first choreographer commissioned to create a ballet to honor the office of the American presidency; he was the first American commissioned by a city, San Antonio, to do a ballet. In 1993, he produced America’s first full-evening rock ballet, Billboards, set to the music of Prince.
Gerald Arpino was an American ballet choreographer, a leader of the Joffrey Ballet from its founding in 1956 until 2007. While serving in the U.S. Coast Guard (1945–48), Arpino met dancer Robert Joffrey in Seattle, Washington, and learned dancing in his spare time.
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Light Rain remains the foundation’s most requested work. Gerald Arpino created this ballet to showcase the new young dancers of the company. “It is my gift to these talented youngsters…I am inspired by their modes and rituals, their passions.”.
31 de oct. de 2008 · Gerald Arpino, who co-founded the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet and oversaw its move from New York to Chicago, died Wednesday at his home in Chicago.
