Lynn Seymour
Lynn Seymour (born March 8, 1939 in Wainwright , Alberta as Berta Lynn Springbett ) is a Canadian ballerina and actress , best known for her appearances at the Royal Ballet .
Life
Lynn Seymour was born Berta Lynn Springbett in Wainwright, Alberta in 1939. She took ballet lessons in Vancouver before entering the Royal Ballet School in 1953 with the support of Frederick Ashton . She was there in a class with the famous ballerinas Antoinette Sibley and Marcia Haydée .
In 1956 Seymour first went to the Covent Garden Opera Ballet and a year later to the Touring Royal Ballet, to be accepted as a solo dancer with the Royal Ballet in 1959. Her first major role was in Kenneth MacMillan's The Burrow the year before . Her later pieces included The Invitation , Le baiser de la fée and Les Deux Pigeons , in which she appeared with her future dance partner Christopher Gable .
Seymour gained greater notoriety in 1964 when she played the leading female role in the world premiere of MacMillan's version of Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet . From 1966 to 1969 Seymour danced at the Berlin Opera Ballet, also under the direction of MacMillan. Her roles there included Anna Anderson in Anastasia in 1967. During her career, Seymour has also appeared in well-known institutions such as the English National Ballet , the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the American Ballet Theater . In addition to Christopher Gable, her dance partners also included Rudolf Chametowitsch Nurejew , a friend of her , whom she met in London in the 1960s . Both appeared in a performance of La Bayadère at the Royal Ballet.
Seymour officially ended her career as a dancer in 1981, but then appeared again occasionally in guest appearances in ballet pieces as well as in small film roles and television series. In 2006 and 2007 she was the director of the Greek National Ballet in Athens . She has been married three times and is the mother of three children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: The Little Vampire ( The Little Vampire , television series, seven episodes)
- 1987: Giselle - Dancers
- 1993: Wittgenstein
- 2000: In "best" company - A family to wean off ( Relative Values )
Web links
- Lynn Seymour in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Lynn Seymour on britannica.com (English)
- Lynn Seymour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Courtney Escoyne: Lynn Seymour, The Original Heroine of MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. In: Dance Magazine. June 7, 2018, accessed April 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Lynn Seymour. In: The Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. 2015, accessed on January 31, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seymour, Lynn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spring bed, Berta Lynn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ballerina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wainwright , Alberta , Canada |