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Gerald Arpino (January 14, 1923 – October 29, 2008) was an American dancer and choreographer. He was the co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet and succeeded Robert Joffrey as its artistic director in 1988. [1] Life and career.
30 ott 2008 · Gerald Arpino, a founder of the Joffrey Ballet and a distinctly American choreographer whose works popularized dance with their trendy finger on the nation’s pulse, died on Wednesday at his...
Gerald Arpino (born January 14, 1928, Staten Island, New York, U.S.—died October 29, 2008, Chicago, Illinois) was an American ballet choreographer, a leader of the Joffrey Ballet from its founding in 1956 until 2007. Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald. Robert Joffrey (rear) and Gerald Arpino.
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Gerald Arpino was born in Staten Island, New York in 1923 and died in Chicago in 2008. He co-founded The Joffrey Ballet with Robert Joffrey in 1956 and served as Associate Director. Upon Joffrey’s death in 1988, Mr. Arpino succeeded him as Artistic Director.
31 ott 2008 · Gerald Arpino, who co-founded the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet and oversaw its move from New York to Chicago, died Wednesday at his home in Chicago. He was 85. Arpino, a dancer and choreographer...
Less known than his contemporaries in the United States — George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins in particular — Gerald Arpino nonetheless made a lasting impact, and his ballets have helped to define what American dance is. Chicago’s Gerald Arpino Centennial Celebration takes place September 23-24, 2023.
Arpino serves as an advisor to the Sports Medicine Education and Research Foundation in Los Angeles. He is a member of the National Arts Club, the Artists Committee for The Kennedy Center Honors and is an advisory board member of the Performing and Visual Arts Department of Wagner College on Staten Island.
