Heidi Vosseler (1918–1992) was an American ballerina who trained under
Catherine Littlefield in her hometown of Philadelphia before becoming a member of
George Balanchine
George Balanchine (;
Various sources:
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* born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...
's first American ballet company,
American Ballet in 1934. She performed in his first American ballet, ''
Serenade
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'', in his ''Alma Mater'', in two productions he choreographed for the
Metropolitan Opera, and was featured in two Broadway musicals he choreographed, ''
The Boys from Syracuse'' and ''
Louisiana Purchase'' in which she understudied and appeared for
Vera Zorina. Her sister
Mardee was also a ballerina.
Miss Vosseler married tap dancer
Paul Draper on June 23, 1941, in
Rio de Janeiro and lived with him in Europe until returning to the United States in 1954.
NY Times, June 21, 1941
/ref> They had three daughters, Pamela, Susan and Kate. She died of lung cancer at her home in Woodstock, NY, 74 years old.
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* Skeel, Sharon. ''Catherine Littlefield: A Life in Dance'', Oxford University Press, 2020.
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American ballerinas
1992 deaths
1918 births
20th-century American ballet dancers