Bolender, Todd

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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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Role Title Holding Repository
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 America Dances (Company) corporateBody
correspondedWith American Ballet Theatre corporateBody
correspondedWith Balanchine, George. person
associatedWith Cage, Betty person
associatedWith George Balanchine Foundation corporateBody
associatedWith Hanim, Sevgi person
associatedWith Jordan, James person
associatedWith Kai, Una. person
associatedWith Kansas City Ballet. corporateBody
associatedWith Le Clercq, Tanaquil. person
associatedWith New York City Ballet. corporateBody
associatedWith Schnee, Joel. person
associatedWith Spoerli, Heinz, 1941- person
associatedWith State Ballet of Missouri corporateBody
associatedWith State Ballet of Missouri. corporateBody
associatedWith Taras, John. person
associatedWith Terry, Walter person
associatedWith Whitener, William. person
associatedWith Witchel, Leigh. person
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Turkey
United States
Kansas
Germany
Subject
Ballet
Ballet
Ballet
Ballet
Choreographers
Choreographers
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Choreographer
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Birth 1914-02-27

Death 2006-10-12

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