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This Month in Dance History
March, 2001 !

Compiled and edited by Richard Finkelstein (Reprint if credited)
Available online at: http://www.artslynx.org/dance/danchron.htm
Comments / corrections graciously acceped rfinkels@carbon.cudenver.edu

ARTSLYNX INTERNATIONAL DANCE PAGES

 
Mar 1
  • Robert Weiss' 52nd birthday.
  • Brigit Cullberg's Miss Julie made its debut 51 years ago today
  • 45th anniversary of the premiere of Balanchine's Allegro Brillante 
  • 191st anniversary of the birth of composer Fryderyk Chopin
  • 4th anniversary of the passing of Marie Marchowsky 

Mar 2

  • Tamara Toumanova: Born 82 years ago, today.

Mar 3

  • 108th anniversary of the birth of Hanya Holm.
  • Karole Armitage's 47th birthday.
  • 85th anniversary of the debut of Le Spectre de la Rose.
  • 10th Anniversary of the death of Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman)

Mar 4

  • 124th anniversary of the "lost version" of Swan Lake.
  • Composer Carlos Surinach was born 87 years ago today.

Mar 5

  • 91th anniversary of Le Carnival.
  • 48th anniversary of the death of Serge Prokofiev.
  • 27th anniversary of the death of Sol Hurok. 
  • 91th anniversary of the birth (new style) of Konstantin Mikhailovich Sergeyev 

Mar 6

  • 18th anniversary of the revival of On Your Toes, featuring Makarova.
  • 12th anniversary of the premiere on Broadway of the Stephen Berkoff adaptation of Metamorphoses with Baryshnikhov in the leading role.
  • 11th anniversary of the death of Carl Bailey

Mar 7

  • 27th anniversary of the premiere of the ballet Manon.
  • Carolyn Carson's 58th birthday.
  • 4th anniversary of the death of tap dancer, Chuck Green

Mar 8

  • Lynn Seymour's 62nd birthday.
  • 132nd anniversary of the death of composer Hector Berlioz
  • 4th anniversary of the death of Leon Danielian

Mar 9

  • 157th anniversary of the ballet, Esmerelda.
  • 116th anniversary of the birth of Tamara Platonovna Karsavina
  • 91st birth anniversary of the composer, Samuel Barber.

Mar 11

  • 114th anniversary of the debut of Coppelia in the US
  • 47th anniversary of the Phoenix Theatre (NY) debut of the musical, The Golden Apple, with choreography by Hanya Holm
  • 183rd birth anniversary of Marius Petipa

Mar 12

  • La Sylphide celebrates its 169th anniversary
  • 10th anniversary of the passing of Etienne Decroux
  • 159th anniversary of the British premiere of  Giselle
  • This may be the 113th birth anniversary of Vaslav Nijinsky 

Mar 13

  • 123rd anniversary of the birth of Rene Blum

Mar 14

  • 25th anniversary of the death of Busby Berkeley
  • Patrick Dupond's 42nd birthday.

Mar 15

  • 22nd anniversary of the passing of Leonid Massine 
  • 45th Anniversary of the Broadway premiere of My Fair Lady, With Choreography by Hanya Holm 
  • 1st anniversary of the passing of Broadway choreographer Fred Kelly 

Mar 16

  • 101st anniversary of Isadora Duncan's first European tour.
  • 32nd anniversary of the premiere of John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew
  • 89th anniversary of the birth of lighting pioneer, Jean Rosenthal.
Mar 17
  • 95th birth anniversary of Tamara Geva.
  • 481st anniversary of the birth of Thoinot Arbeau
  • 63rd birth anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev.

Mar 18

  • 91st anniversary of the American debut of The Dying Swan. 

Mar 19

  • 37th birthday of Nina Ananiashvili 

Mar 20

  • 1st anniversary of the passing of dance composer, Vivian Fine 

Mar 21

  • Jiri Kylian's 54th birthday.
  • 162nd anniversary of the birth of composer, Mussorgsky
  • 3rd anniversary of the death of Galina Ulanova 

Mar 22

  • Ruth Page was born 101 years ago, today.
  • 28th anniversary of the premiere of Parade in the US
  • 110th anniversary of the birth of Boris Georgievich Romanov 

Mar 23

  • 37th anniversary of the death of Vasily Vainonen.
  • Ludwig Minkus was born 175 years ago, today.

Mar 24

  • Lucia Chace was born 104 years ago, today.
  • Onna White was born 79 years ago, today.

Mar 25

  • 13th anniversary of the death of Robert Joffrey.
  • 12th anniversary of the death of Maris - Rudolph Eduardovich Liepa.
  • Bela Bartok was born 120 years ago, today.
  • 83rd anniversary of the death of composer, Claude Debussy
  • 76th anniversary of the birth of composer Pierre Boulez
  • Salvatore Vigano was born 232 days ago, today.

Mar 26

  • Kristen Raloy was born 80 years ago, today.
  • 174th anniversary of the death of Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • 8th anniversary of the death of Louis Falco
  • 73rd anniversary of the birth of Milorad Miskovitch

Mar 27

  • 23rd anniversary of Bob Fosse's Dancin'
  • Arthur Mitchell was born 67 years ago, today.
  • 26th anniversary of the death of composer, Sir Arthur Bliss
  • Robert Cohen was born 76 years ago, today.
  • 3rd anniversary of the passing of Maria Grandy 
  • 397th anniversary of the birth of Filippo D' Aglie'
  • 241th birth anniversary of Auguste Vestris.

Mar 28

  • 156h anniversary of the death of Marc Chagal
  • Youly Algaroff was born 83 years ago, today.
  • Anna Sokolow passes away, 1 year ago today

Mar 29

  • Napoli celebrates it's 159th anniversary today.
  • Diana Adams was born 75 years ago, today.
  • 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of the musical, The King & I, choreography by Jerome Robbins

Mar 30

  • 13th anniversary of the death of Arne Zane 
  • 25th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Mummenchanz
  • 125th birth anniversary of Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov.

Mar 31

  • 58th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Oklahoma.
  • Serge Diaghilev's 129th birth anniversary.
  • Vincente Nebrada was born 69 years ago, today.

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