Joyce Cuoco is a former American ballerina. She came to great acclaim at a young age, particularly for her ability to sustain long balances and her multiple pirouettes. Cuoco's early training was with Harriet Hoctor and Boston Ballet founder, E. Virginia Williams. She quickly rose to great popular success as a "baby ballerina". She appeared on ''
The Ed Sullivan Show
''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television program, television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York City, New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in Septembe ...
'' and ''
The Danny Kaye Show'' in 1966, and later headlined at
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplac ...
. In every appearance she would charm the audience with her smile and her astonishing dancing.
Cuoco later became a soloist with the
John Cranko's
Stuttgart Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company. Dating back to 1609, then the court ballet of the dukes of Württemberg, the modern company was founded by John Cranko and is known for full-length narrative ballets. The company received the L ...
and remained in Germany for the remainder of her career. She now works as the assistant to
Youri Vámos
Youri Vámos was born in Budapest. He trained in ballet from a young age at the State Ballet School in Budapest. He was a soloist at the Hungarian State Opera and then later accepted a contract as a first soloist at the Bavarian State Opera.
Afte ...
, acting as the assistant to the choreographer and/or the stage manager for many of his full-length ballet productions. She also works at the Ballet of the
Deutsche Oper in Düsseldorf as the director of the ballet school.
References
External links
Archive film of Joyce Cuoco and Youri Vamos dancing Spring Waters in 1979 at Jacob's Pillow*
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American ballerinas
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women