Bolender, Todd
American dancer, teacher, choreographer.
From the description of Todd Bolender letters to Joel Schnee. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84694400
Todd Bolender was born Feb. 27, 1914 in Canton, Ohio and settled in New York City in 1936 where he studied with Hanya Holm. Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine recruited him for their first company, the American Ballet. Kirstein asked him to join Ballet Caravan and he was a novice choreographer with Ballet Society. When New York City Ballet was founded in 1948, there began a long association between Bolender and the company which included memorable performances in Balanchine's The four temperaments, Symphonie concertante, and Agon, Jerome Robbins' Age of anxiety and Concert, and creating his own works Still point, Souvenirs, and Creation of the world. A period of working abroad included being ballet director in Cologne and Frankfurt, Germany and the Ataturk Opera House in Turkey. He became artistic director of the Kansas City Ballet (later renamed the State Ballet of Missouri) in 1981, retiring in 1996. As artistic director emeritus, he continued to supervise his own works for the company. He died, age 92, in Kansas City, Kan. on Oct. 12, 2006.
From the guide to the Todd Bolender letters to Joel Schnee, 1974-2003, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.)
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referencedIn | State Ballet of Missouri [clippings] | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Todd Bolender letters to Joel Schnee, 1974-2003 | The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. | |
creatorOf | Bolender, Todd. Correspondence and contracts. | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
referencedIn | Walter Terry papers, 1913-1982 | The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. | |
referencedIn | America Dances (Company). [Programs] | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
creatorOf | Bolender, Todd. Correspondence and contracts, 1945-1946. | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
creatorOf | Bolender, Todd. Todd Bolender letters to Joel Schnee. | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
creatorOf | Witchel, Leigh. Interview notes regarding the ballet Agon / Leigh Witchel. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Todd Bolender collection, [19--?-ongoing]. | Museum of Performance & Design | |
referencedIn | American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967 | The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. | |
referencedIn | George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk). | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University |
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associatedWith | Witchel, Leigh. | person |
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Birth 1914-02-27
Death 2006-10-12