Rachel Rutherford
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Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet
. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet
School, entered the School of American Ballet
in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet
. She became an apprentice with NYCB the following year and joined the corps de ballet late 1995. The next Spring she appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Ms. Rutherford was promoted to soloist in May 2002, danced that year in Chiaroscuro on the Live from Lincoln Center
broadcast, New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography, and again two years later dancing in Concerto Barocco
on their Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, both on PBS
.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet
Joffrey Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1956. From 1995 to 2004, the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The company regularly performs classical ballets including Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker, while balancing those classics with pioneering modern...
School, entered the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet
Royal Danish Ballet
The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
. She became an apprentice with NYCB the following year and joined the corps de ballet late 1995. The next Spring she appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Ms. Rutherford was promoted to soloist in May 2002, danced that year in Chiaroscuro on the Live from Lincoln Center
Live from Lincoln Center
Live From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City....
broadcast, New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography, and again two years later dancing in Concerto Barocco
Concerto Barocco
Concerto Barocco is a ballet made on students at the School of American Ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently balletmaster and co-founder of New York City Ballet, to Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043...
on their Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, both on PBS
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.
Miriam Mahdaviani
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George Balanchine
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- Concerto BaroccoConcerto BaroccoConcerto Barocco is a ballet made on students at the School of American Ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently balletmaster and co-founder of New York City Ballet, to Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043...
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- 'Jewels (Emeralds)
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Peter Martins
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Stabat Mater
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Jerome Robbins
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- Fancy Free
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