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Also Known As William Farr Christensen
Born August 27, 1902 • Brigham City • Utah
Died October 14, 2001 (aged 99) • Salt Lake City • Utah
Founder Ballet West
Notable Family Members brother Harold Christensen • brother Lew Christensen
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Eliot Feld
American dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
George Washington Smith
American dancer
Lew Christensen
American dancer, teacher, and choreographer
Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Dame Marie Rambert
ballet producer, director, and teacher
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer