Arch Higgins
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Arch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet
. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet
which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He was the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award and joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 1989. Mr. Higgins was promoted to soloist in 1998 and remained with the company until 2011.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He was the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award and joined the NYCB corps de ballet in 1989. Mr. Higgins was promoted to soloist in 1998 and remained with the company until 2011.
Miriam Mahdaviani
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- Correlazione
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- Double Feature (Makin' Whoopee!)
Christopher Wheeldon
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George Balanchine
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- Allegro Brillante
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- Divertimento No. 15
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- Haieff Divertimento
- Jewels (Emeralds)
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- Mozartiana
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- Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
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- La Valse
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Peter Martins
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- Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements)
- Les Petits Riens
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Slonimsky's Earbox
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- Symphonic Dances
Jerome Robbins
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- Fancy Free
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