Rosemary Dunleavy (born New York City) studied ballet with
Bella Malinka and
Nina Popova at the
High School of Performing Arts
The High School of Performing Arts (informally known as "PA") was a public alternative high school established in 1947 and located at 120 West 46th Street in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, from 1948 to 1984.
In 1961, the school was m ...
. After graduation she attended the
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New ...
and in 1961 joined
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' ...
. She performed in the premieres 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 ''
A Midsummer NIght's Dream
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'', ''
Harlequinade
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'', ''
Don Quixote'' and ''
Jewels
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''. In 1971 she retired from dancing and became Balanchine's full-time assistant balletmistress, and since 1983 she has been City Ballet's balletmistress.
External links
Artistic Staff, NYCB website''The First Balanchine Catalogue'', Balanchine Foundation website
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New York City Ballet
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Artists from New York City