Ruth Page
Ruth Page (born March 22, 1900 in Indianapolis , † April 7, 1991 in Chicago ) was an American dancer , choreographer and ballet director.
Life
Page received her training from Ivan Clustine , Adolf Bolm and Enrico Cecchetti . In 1918 she went on a tour of South America with Anna Pavlova’s company . She danced in 1919 in Chicago in Bolms Birthday of an Infanta and in 1920 in London with his ballet Intime. In 1923/24 she was the prima ballerina of the Music Box Revue . In 1925 she took part in the Ballets Russes , and after a tour of South America she performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet from 1926 to 1928 .
Tours to Japan and the Soviet Union followed. From 1929 to 1933 she was prima ballerina and ballet master at the Chicago Summer Opera, for which she created her first choreographies . After touring with Harald Kreutzberg in 1932 and 1934, she was prima ballerina and ballet master at the Chicago Opera from 1934 to 1937. In 1937 she went on a tour of Scandinavia. In 1938, Page founded the Page Stone Ballet Company together with Bentley Stone, with which she made numerous tours, including to Paris in 1950 .
In the following years she worked at the Chicago Lyric Opera as well as for her own company, which after several name changes finally adopted the name Chicago Ballet . Her large number of ballet creations, mostly based on operas, and her many tours have made Page one of the most famous ballet pioneers in the United States.
literature
- Horst Koegler, Helmut Günther: Reclams Balletlexikon . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010328-2 , p. 338
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ According to numerous other information, 1899
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Page, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dancer, choreographer and ballet director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1991 |
| Place of death | Chicago |