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Nora Kaye-Ross (January 17, 1920 – February 28, 1987) was an American prima-ballerina known for her ability to perform dramatic roles. Called the Duse of Dance after the acclaimed actress Eleonora Duse, she also worked in films as a choreographer and producer and performed on Broadway.
Nora Kaye (born Jan. 17, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 28, 1987, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American dramatic ballerina, often referred to as the “Duse of the Dance.” Nora Koreff began taking dance lessons at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School at the age of eight.
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Learn about the life and career of Nora Kaye, one of the most celebrated dance actresses in American ballet history. She worked with Fokine, Balanchine, Tudor and Laing, and starred in Pillar of Fire and other classics.
15. März 1987 · NORA KAYE WAS ONE OF THE rare dancers in history who defied all imitation. A charter member in 1940 of American Ballet Theater, where she soon became an international star, Ms. Kaye extended an...
Die amerikanische Ballett-Tänzerin. n. a. Q. + Los Angeles/Calif. Sie war Gründungsmitglied und lange Zeit führende Tänzerin des American Ballet Theatre in New York. 1960 gründete sie mit ihrem Mann, dem Choreografen und Filmregisseur Herbert Ross, das Ballet of Two Worlds.
Nora had a Brooklyn accent that only a comedienne could imitate. Nora Kaye was born Nora Koreff of Russian parents who lived in Brooklyn . At this time it was fashionable for dancers to have Russian names, yet she changed her name to the more "American" sounding Kaye. Her ballet training started at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the School ...
1. März 1987 · Nora Kaye, a one-time Broadway chorine who became a founding dancer of the Ballet Theatre at its inception in 1939 and eventually the first internationally famous American ballerina, died...
