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Jean-Pierre
Bonnefoux
July
8 & August 9, 2008
Jean-Pierre
Bonnefoux joined North Carolina Dance Theatre and North Carolina
Dance Theatre School of Dance in 1996. Born in France, he joined
the Paris Opera Ballet at age 14 and was named Danseur Etoile
at 21.
He has danced
with the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballets and in 1970 became a principal
dancer with the New York City Ballet under the direction of George
Balanchine. In 1977, Bonnefoux joined the faculty of the School
of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City
Ballet, and began to realize his lifelong ambition of training
young dancers. His final performance was in 1980, after which
time, he dedicated himself to work as an artistic director, choreographer
and teacher.
Bonnefoux’s
choreography includes works commissioned by the New York City
Ballet, The Lincoln Center Institute, the Metropolitan Opera
Ballet Company, and the Pennsylvania Ballet.
Bonnefoux has
served as choreographer and ballet master for the Pittsburgh
Ballet, as chairman and artistic director of the Ballet Department
in the School of Music at Indiana University, and is currently
the artistic director, choreographer and teacher for the ballet
company and the school at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. |
