Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov performed in the United States throughout their careers, even though only Baryshnikov settled here. Starting with the Pavlova tours before World War I, continuing to Fonteyn’s debut with Sadler’s Ballet in 1947, followed by Nureyev’s many appearances after his defection from Russia and Baryshnikov’s performances with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, these superstars became household names and led to the popularity of ballet across America. Discussion with films.
This presentation is part of Iris Fanger's Dance in America series.
Iris Fanger
Iris Fanger
Iris Fanger is a theater and dance critic based in Boston. She has written reviews and feature articles for the Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times and The Patriot Ledger, as well as for Dance Magazine and Dancing Times (London).
Former director of the Harvard Summer Dance Center (1977-95) she has taught at Lesley University Graduate School and Tufts University as well as Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her doctorate in theater history at Tufts University and was a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe. She received the 2005 Dance Champion Awards from the Boston Dance Alliance and, in 2008, won the Outstanding Career Achievement Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts. She lectures widely on dance and theater history.
Fanger has been elected a Fellow at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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