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Peter Martins

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Choreographer b. 1946

Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish former ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he was responsible for artistic leadership of City Ballet.

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  • What’s more, as thrilling as Peter Martins’s choreography was, theatergoers didn’t want to lose Bernadette Peters after one act. The second half inevitably felt anticlimactic without her star presence. Having her walk across the stage in act two only underlined how much she was missed.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • ICEDANCING Choreographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, Robert Cohan, John Curry, Norman Maen, Kenneth MacMillan, Peter Martins, Douglas Norwick, Donald Saddler, Twyla Tharp; Settings, Tony Straiges; Costumes Supervision, Florence Klotz; Lighting, Marilyn Rennagel; Costume Designs, Nadine Baylis, Sara Brook, Norberto Chiesa, Joe Eula, Florence…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • SONG AND DANCE Music. Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics, Don Black; American Adaptation, Additional Lyrics, and Direction, Richard Maltby, Jr.; Choreography, Peter Martins; Entire production supervised by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Peter Martins; Orchestrations, Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Cullen; Musical Adviser, David Caddick; Musical Supervision…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1985-86 Season, v. 42 (Willis).txt

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