Eugene Loring (August 2, 1911-August 30, 1982) was an American ballet dancer and choreographer, best remembered as the choreographer of Billy the Kid (1938). August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker. ... Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland and commissioned by Lincoln Kirstein. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After coming to New York City in 1934, Loring--whose real name was Leroy Kerpestein--danced with and choreographed for Ballet Caravan and American Ballet Theatre. As a ballet choreographer, Loring's most successful ballet was Billy the Kid, which has frequently been compared to Agnes de Mille's Rodeo. Like Rodeo, Billy the Kid has a score by Aaron Copland and draws on the mythology of the American West; unlike de Mille's ballet, however, Billy the Kid offers a bleak vision of the frontier, with a protagonist characterized by one recent critic as a "murderous psychopath" [1]. None of Loring's other ballets achieved Billy the Kid's popularity, however, and it is the only one that remains a regular part of the contemporary repertoire. Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, is one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century, and a leading company in America. ... Agnes de Mille in “3 Virgins and a Devil”, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. ... Steer roping Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Tucson, AZ. Rodeo is a traditional North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. ... Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. ...

Loring had an extensive career in Hollywood, choreographing for both film and television. The dancers he worked with most frequently included Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, and James Mitchell. His most significant film credits are Silk Stockings (which he had previously choreographed on Broadway), Yolanda and the Thief, Ziegfeld Follies, The Toast of New Orleans, Deep in My Heart, and Meet Me in Las Vegas. Balanchine[1] and Nureyev[2] rated him the greatest dancer of the 20th Century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of filmed and televised musicals. ... Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. ... James Mitchell, in a still from All My Children. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Yolanda and the Thief (MGM) is a 1945 Hollywood musical comedy film set in a fictional Latin American country, and stars Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Ludwig Stossl and Mildred Natwick, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Arthur Freed. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... Lanza in The Toast of New Orleans The Toast of New Orleans is a 1950 film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mario Lanza, Kathryn Grayson, David Niven, and Rita Moreno. ... Deep in My Heart (1954) is an MGM biographical musical about the life of composer Sigmund Romberg. ...

An influential teacher, Loring was the first chairman of the dance department at the University of California, Irvine. The University of California, Irvine is a public research university primarily situated in suburban Irvine, California; a significant portion of the campus falls into the neighboring community of Newport Beach. ...

References

[1] Eugene Merrett, "American Ballet Theatre: ‘Pas De Deesses’ ‘Other Dances’, ‘Billy The kid’, ‘Diversion of Angels’".

External Links

• Internet Broadway Database
• Internet Movie Database
• Dance Heritage Coalition
• Index to the Eugene Loring Papers