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Also Known As Roberta Sue Ficker
Born August 16, 1945 (age 79) • Cincinnati • Ohio
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (2005)

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Tanaquil LeClercq
American dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
Jacques d'Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
American dancer
Edward Villella, 1960, in the title role of “The Prodigal Son”, by the choreographer George Balanchine.
Edward Villella
American dancer
Patricia McBride and George Balanchine
Patricia McBride
American dancer
Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer
Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
Alexandra Danilova
Russian ballerina
Amar Ramasar
American dancer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
Lincoln Kirstein
American dance patron, writer, and businessman
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
American ballet dancer
Merrill Ashley
Merrill Ashley
American ballerina
Hayden, Melissa
Melissa Hayden
American ballet dancer
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Ivan Nagy
Hungarian dancer
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer