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Evelyn Cisneros in Caniparoli’s Lambarena.

(© Lloyd Englert)

Evelyn Cisneros in Caniparoli’s Lambarena.

(© Lloyd Englert)

Words On Dance New York City April 26, 2010 7 PM Eliot Feld in Conversation with Cynthia Gregory American Prima Ballerina, Cynthia Gregory will host choreographer Eliot Feld including rarely viewed performance clips from Mr. Felds personal collection. Paley Center for Media 25 West 52 Street New York, NY 10019 Monday, April 26, 2010 Admission: $25, $15 for members of the Paley Center Reservations: 212-621-6600 Artist Biographies Eliot Feld Born in Brooklyn, New York, Feld attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York and studied at the School of American Ballet and the New Dance Group. He performed as a child in George Balanchine`s original production of "The Nutcracker; and later with the companies of Mary Anthony, Pearl Lang, Sophie Maslow and Donald McKayle. At sixteen he appeared on Broadway in West Side Story and was cast as Baby-John in the movie version of the musical. He has appeared on television on the Gary Moore and Ed Sullivan shows. His Broadway credits include: I Can Get It for You Wholesale and Fiddler on the Roof. Feld works have been performed by: American Ballet Company, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Boston Ballet, Feld Ballets/NY, The Joffrey Ballet, John Curry Skating Company, London Festival Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, The New York City Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, as well as Ballet Tech and Kids Dance. Feld has choreographed 137 ballets since 1967. His three most recent ballets premiered at the Joyce Theater in New York on March 25, 2009: Dust, Radiance and The Spaghetti Ballet.   Feld founded the Ballet Tech Company and School (formerly Feld Ballets/NY and its associate school, The New Ballet School), Kids Dance, and the New York City Public School for Dance. In addition, with Cora Cahan, Feld founded The Joyce Theater. Feld has been honored with numerous awards, including The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), The Dance Magazine Award (1990), and an Honorary Doctorate degree from Juilliard (1991).  Biography Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Feld Cynthia Gregory Born in Los Angeles Gregory’s parents encouraged her to take up dancing when she was five, hoping exercise would stem a history of childhood illnesses. By age six, she was en pointe. She first appeared on the cover of Dance Magazine at the age of seven. Much of Gregory’s early training was with Carmelita Maracci. Awarded a Ford Foundation scholarship at age 14 to study with the San Francisco Ballet, she quickly rose to soloist and became shortly thereafter a principal dancer, while also dancing with the San Francisco Opera. Gregory joined American Ballet Theater (ABT) in 1965. In 1967, when ABT was on tour in San Francisco, Gregory made an auspicious debut as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. Her New York debut in that role later the same year marked her emergence as a major ballerina. The role is one in which her performance is still recognized as definitive. Gregory’s other lead roles include classical performances in Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Don Quixote, La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works including The Eternal Idol and At Midnight. At ABT alone, Gregory danced in over eighty works, including over a dozen created for her. Gregory resigned from ABT in 1991 to pursue a more varied repertoire. She continued to perform as a permanent guest artist with Cleveland & San Jose Ballet, Dances...Patrelle, and Connecticut Ballet Theatre until ending her public performances in 1992. Her career included guest performances with leading dance companies of the world, including National Ballet of Canada, Zurich Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Cuba and Stuttgart Ballet. She also appeared with Linda Ronstadt in Ronstadt’s music video of “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Gregory presently stages classical ballets, coaches and gives master dance classes for dance companies around the world. Her choreographic works include her solo to Bach’s “Air on the G String,” as well as a two-minute rock video for Campbell’s Soup. She has been featured in advertising campaigns for American Express (“Do you know me? You know my toes!”), Raytheon, and Rolex. Since 1991, Gregory has been Chairman of the Board of Career Transition for Dancers a not-for-profit organization that provides career counseling, scholarships and other vital services to dancers who, for reasons of age or injury, are making a career change. Biography Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Gregoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Feldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Gregoryshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1

Cynthia Gregory

Swan Lake

American Ballet Theater

Courtesy of

Ms. Gregory

Eliot Feld

by

Bruce Weber