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Biographical Dates

1 Sep 1925 born mississippi, usa  
1943 military service / navy alaska, usa 
1946 to 1949 fine arts education at san francisco city college san francisco, usa 
1946 to 1949 studied san fransisco ballet school  teachers: willem, harold and lew christensen
1949 performed with salt lake city university operette company salt lake city, usa 
1949 to 1952 studied at american ballet school new york new york, usateachers: george balanchine, anna sokolow, muriel stuart etc.
  studied at metropolitan balletschool  teachers: antony tudor, margaret craske
  studied at primitive ethnic danceschool  teachers: katherine dunham, syvilla fort, walter nicks
  studied at martha graham school  teacher: martha graham
1952 performed in gertrud stein opera on broadway "4 saints in 3 acts" paris, france 
1949 to 1952 dancer with the k.dunham experimental group usa, mexico, cuba, haiti 
1952 to 1954 dancer with the josé limon dance company canada , usa 
1954 accident conneticut, usa 
1955 choregraphic assistance at tropicana cuba 
1955 studying at studio wacker paris, franceteachers: roland petit, zizi jeanmaire
1956 performed in toto show rom, italychoreographer: gisa geert
1957 to 1958 danced with manhattan trio european tour  
1958 to 1972 television, musicals, night club, movies, fashion rom, italy 
1972 to 1975 founded and directed teatro danza di roma rom, italyco-director: elsa piperno
1975 to 1977 teaching at dance theatre of harlem ballet school new york, usa director arthur mitchell
1977 danced with patrizia cerone company rom and tour in italy 
1977 to 1993 founded and directed compagnia afro danza rom, italy 
1980 massimo teatro palermo, italyvittorio biagi
1994 to 2001 teaching at the brucknerkonservatorium linz linz, austria 
1999 to 2004 teaching at the ballet school of the vienna state opera vienna, austria 
 
1970 to 2004 teaching workshops italy 
    austria 
    france 
    germany 
    russia 
    greece 
    usa 
 
  EXHIBITIONS   
2000 ecotec: remember the soul vienna, austriadonation for the floods of simbabwe
2003 ballettstudio maar: colours in movement perchtoldsdorf, austria 
2003 festspielhaus st. pölten: impressions st.pölten, austria  
2004 gemeindeamt langenzersdorf: impressions langenzersdorf, austria 
2004 w-point: choreographed colours vienna, austria 
 
 
  CHOREOGRAPHIES   
  primitive variations   
  black influence   
  moods in movements   
  medepes
  cosmic ritual
  desert rhythm
  elements
  evocation
  borders
  el viaje
  and others
Bob
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