Robert Weiss is an American
ballet dancer,
choreographer
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
, and
Artistic Director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...
of
Carolina Ballet. He began his professional career at age 17 joining the
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...
under
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 ...
, eventually becoming a
Principal Dancer
A principal dancer (often shortened to principal) is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that of '' soloist''; however, p ...
sometime prior to 1977.
[Terry, Walter. ''Ballet Guide''. Popular Library, 1977] Balanchine created several roles for him, including
Ballo della Regina
''Ballo della Regina'' is a one-act neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Giuseppe Verdi. It is a set of variations set to ballet music (titled ''La Peregrina'') that Verdi cut from Act 3 of the original 1867 version o ...
.
[Clive Barnes: ''Carolina Does Taylor-Corbett''. Dance Magazine, Sept 200]
/ref>[New York City Ballet: Repertory - Ballo della Regina]
Weiss remained with the New York City Ballet for 16 years.Artistic Director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...
of the Pennsylvania Ballet from 1982 to 1990.
Artistic credits
Notable choreography credits include:
* ''Messiah''
* ''Carmen''
* ''The Kreutzer Sonata''
* ''Romeo & Juliet''
* ''Stravinsky's Clowns''
* ''Don Quixote''
References
External links
Carolina Ballet: Biography, Artistic Director Robert Weiss
Pennsylvania Ballet: Company History and Overview
An Interview with Robert Weiss
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American male ballet dancers
Ballet choreographers
New York City Ballet principal dancers
Living people
Dance in North Carolina
Year of birth missing (living people)