Ruthanna Boris was an American choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1919 in Brooklyn, who died in 2007. This page lists 1 work credited to Boris as choreographer, including Cakewalk.
Biography
Ruthanna Boris (March 18, 1919 – January 5, 2007) was the first American Ballerina to star with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo troupes of the 1940s. She was born in Brooklyn. She was among the first students at George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein’s School of American Ballet when it opened in 1934. As a choreographer her ballets Cirque de Deux and Cakewalk, are often revived. She died in El Cerrito, California and her papers are held at Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Works choreographed by Ruthanna Boris
| Title | Type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Cakewalk | ballet | 1951 |
Contemporaries
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