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Antony Tudor 1909-87, English choreographer and dancer. Tudor went to the United States at the invitation of the Ballet Theatre, New York City (1939); he danced leading roles and created ballets for several English and American companies and was later the artistic director of the Royal Swedish Ballet (1963-64). He remained the resident choreographer at the American Ballet Theatre until his death. His ballets, influenced by the expressionism of Fokine and Massine , use the modern idiom. In his later work, he used psychological tension and dramatic gestures expressed in the language of ballet to explore human suffering. Among Tudor's most popular works are Lilac Garden (1938), Gala Performance (1938), Pillar of Fire (1942), Romeo and Juliet (1942), Undertow (1945), Offenbach in the Underworld (1955), Echoes of Trumpets (1963), The Leaves Are Fading (1975), and Tiller in the Fields (1978). In all Tudor choreographed 56 ballets, fewer than 20 of which are still commonly performed by various companies.

Bibliography: See J. Chazin-Bennahum, The Ballets of Antony Tudor (1994).

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Tudor, Antony [ William Cook] (b London, 1908; d NY, 1987). Eng. choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Joined Ballet Rambert 1930. Founded Dance Th. with A. de Mille 1937. Formed London Ballet 1938. Worked in NY 1940–50 as dancer and choreog. Royal Swed. Ballet 1949–50, NY City Ballet 1951–2. Dir. NY Met Opera Ballet Sch. 1950. Joined teaching staff, Juilliard Sch. Dir., Royal Swed. Ballet 1963–4. Ass. dir., Amer. Ballet Th. 1974. One of foremost and most perceptive 20th-cent. choreogs. Ballets (composers in parentheses) incl. Dark Elegies ( Mahler) 1937, Judgement of Paris ( Weill) 1938, Gala Performance ( Prokofiev) 1938, Romeo and Juliet ( Delius) 1943, Lady of the Camellias ( Verdi) 1951, Shadowplay ( Koechlin) 1967, Knight Errant ( R. Strauss) 1968.

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