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Barbara Fallis (1923/1924 – September 5, 1980) was an American ballet dancer and educator. She danced for many prominent companies, including the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, and later started her own school, the New York School of Ballet, with husband Richard Thomas .
- 5 September 1980 (aged 56), New York City, U.S.
- 1923/1924, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
- Ballet dancer
- 2; including Richard Thomas
9. Sept. 1980 · Barbara Fallis, a former soloist with the American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet and a prominent ballet teacher, died of cancer Friday at New York Hospital. She was 56 years old...
1. Juli 2020 · Two guest teachers, Barbara Dilley and Steve Paxton, arrived from the art’s avant-garde edge in New York. They said deep ’70s-style things like: “To dance well, you have must learn to be upside...
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Barbara Fallis was born in 1924 in Denver, Colorado. Shortly after, her family moved from the United States to London, England for her father’s work. The Fallis family remained in London for 12 years until WWII. Her love and pursuit of dance began during this time. She and her mother attended many performances by notable dance companies of the time...
Upon relocation to America, the Fallis family settled in New York City. Here Barbara was able to audition for Ballet Theater with Lucia Chase. She began dancing with Ballet Theater, later know as American Ballet Theatre|American Ballet Theater, in 1941 at the age of 16. Her first performance with the company was in La Sulfidein Mexico. During her 8...
Digital Collections, New York Public Library.Richard Scott Thomas (December 3, 1925 – July 27, 2013) was an American dancer, educator, and co-founder of the New York School of Ballet along with his wife Barbara Fallis. He is known as a teacher of Eliot Feld and Twyla Tharp.
- July 27, 2013 (aged 87), Paintsville, Kentucky, U.S.
- Richard Scott Thomas, December 3, 1925, Paintsville, Kentucky, U.S.
- Ballet dancer
- 2; including Richard
3. Aug. 2013 · Mr. Thomas achieved wide influence teaching at the New York School of Ballet, which he and his wife, the ballerina Barbara Fallis, founded in 1958 in Manhattan. Both he and Ms. Fallis, who died...
Barbara Fallis (1923/1924 – September 5, 1980) was an American ballet dancer and educator. She danced for many prominent companies, including the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, and later started her own school, the New York School of Ballet, with husband Richard Thomas.
