Glen Tetley

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Glenford Andrew Tetley (born February 3, 1926 in Cleveland , Ohio - † January 26, 2007 in West Palm Beach , Florida ) was an American dancer and choreographer .

Life

Tetley first studied dentistry. So it happened that he turned to dance late, only at the age of 19, after the end of the Second World War. He received his training from Hanya Holm , a student of Mary Wigman , from Martha Graham in New York and also from George Balanchine . Tetley then danced with the American Ballet Theater , the Joffrey Ballet and Jerome Robbins .

From 1962 to 1970 Tetley worked alongside Hans van Manen as a co-choreographer at the Nederlands Dans Theater , and for two seasons as its artistic director. After the sudden death of John Cranko , Tetley took over the direction of the Stuttgart Ballet for two seasons in 1974 . He demonstrated the new movement language of modern dance to this until then purely classically oriented dance troupe . Among his most important choreographies were Le sacre du printemps and Daphnis and Chloé . But after just two seasons he left Stuttgart. His successor there was Marcia Haydée , the prima ballerina of the Stuttgart Ballet.

From then on, Tetley worked exclusively as a freelance choreographer. As a guest choreographer, he created and supervised the rehearsals of his 70 works, which were particularly popular in Anglo-Saxon countries.

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SURNAME Tetley, Glen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tetley, Glenford Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2007
Place of death West Palm Beach , Florida