Jocelyn Vollmar

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Jocelyn Vollmar as Myrtha in Giselle (1947)

Jocelyn Vollmar (born November 25, 1925 in San Francisco , California ; † July 13, 2018 there ) was an American ballerina who became known for her appearances with the San Francisco Ballet .

Life

Jocelyn Vollmar was born in San Francisco on November 25, 1925. She began her career as a dancer at the San Francisco Ballet at the age of twelve under the direction of its founder, Willam Christensen. Vollmar began with small roles in screenings, including the 1939 US premiere of Coppélia and the first full-length production of Swan Lake in America a year later . After graduating from Lowell High School in San Francisco, she was accepted into the regular cast of the San Francisco Ballet. Her first major role was as the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker in 1944 , also in America's first full-length production.

In 1948 Vollmar was invited by George Balanchine to his newly founded New York City Ballet in order to work there as a dance teacher in the year it opened. Vollmar then became a dancer at the American Ballet Theater and the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in Monte Carlo . In 1954 she accepted an invitation to the Borovansky Ballet in Australia , where she remained active for two years and played leading roles in Giselle , Les Sylphides , The Nutcracker and Petrushka , among others .

In 1956 Vollmar returned to the San Francisco Ballet and stayed there until her career as a dancer in 1972. She then worked as a dance teacher, including from 1985 to 2005 again with the San Francisco Ballet. At the age of 80, Vollmar withdrew into private life. She continued to live in her hometown of San Francisco, where she died on July 13, 2018 at the age of 92.

As a tribute to their most famous dancer, the support association of the San Francisco Ballet bears the name Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mary Ellen Hunt: Jocelyn Vollmar, turning 90, recalls career at SF Ballet. (No longer available online.) November 19, 2015, archived from the original ; Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Jocelyn Vollmar 1925-2018. In: legacy.com. August 5, 2018, accessed August 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Vollmar, Jocelyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ballerina
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH 13th July 2018
Place of death San Francisco , California , United States