Miriam Mahdaviani is a choreographer, a former
New York City Ballet
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dancer and a ''
repetiteur'' for the
George Balanchine Trust. She has created ballets for NYCB's 1988 American Music Festival and its
Diamond Project The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers.
Choreographers
1992
* David Allan
* John Alley ...
in 1992, 1994,1997, 2000 and 2002. She also choreographed ballets for
Pacific Northwest Ballet
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The company consists of 49 dan ...
,
Richmond Ballet
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Founding
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Jacob's Pillow
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, Vassar College, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, SUNY Purchase, and others. Internationally, her ballets have been presented at MaggioDanza in Florence, Italy and at the Edinburg Festival in Scotland.
Mahdaviani married Eric Goldstone on October 9, 1988, and has two daughters, Carolyn and Elizabeth.
Ballets
*''1988''
The Newcomers
*''1991''
Dance Preludes
''Dance Preludes'' was a ballet made by Miriam Mahdaviani of New York City Ballet to Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a ''List of French phrases#P, pièce d'occasion'' for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit on 24 February 1991 at the David H. ...
*''1992''
Images
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*''1994''
Correlazione
*''1997''
Urban Dances
*''2000''
Appalachia Waltz
*''2002''
In the Mi(d)st
Reviews
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June 29, 1997Anna Kisselgoff Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for ''The New York Times''. She began at the ''Times'' as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she h ...
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December 2, 1990Jennifer Dunning
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May 1, 1985Anna Kisselgoff Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for ''The New York Times''. She began at the ''Times'' as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she h ...
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NY Times
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January 31, 1982Anna Kisselgoff Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for ''The New York Times''. She began at the ''Times'' as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she h ...
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Articles
June 2000Wendy Perron
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Dance Magazine
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May 15, 1994Jennifer Dunning
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NY Times
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August 16, 1987Jennifer Dunning
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NY Times
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New York City Ballet dancers
Ballet choreographers
Balanchine Trust repetiteurs
Ballet mistresses
New York City Ballet Diamond Project choreographers
Mae L. Wien Young Choreographer Award recipients
Living people
Vassar College
New York University people
Miriam Mahdaviani
Year of birth missing (living people)