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Artistic Director Jean-Pierre
Bonnefoux
Born in France, he joined the
Paris Opera Ballet at age 14 and was named Danseur Etoile at
21.
He has danced with the Bolshoi
and Kirov Ballets and in 1970 became a principal dancer with
the New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine.
In 1977, Bonnefoux joined the faculty of the School of American
Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet, and
began to realize his lifelong ambition of training young dancers.
His final performance was in 1980, after which time, he dedicated
himself to work as an artistic director, choreographer and teacher.
Bonnefoux’s choreography
includes works commissioned by the New York City Ballet, The
Lincoln Center Institute, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company,
and the Pennsylvania Ballet.
Bonnefoux has served as choreographer
and ballet master for the Pittsburgh Ballet, as Chairman and
Artistic Director of the Ballet Department in the School of Music
at Indiana University. He joined the North Carolina Dance Theatre
and School of North Carolina Dance Theatre in 1996. |
