Brown, Vida (1922–)
Brown, Vida (1922–)
American ballet dancer. Born 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois.
Performed with Chicago Opera Ballet; joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo where she danced numerous roles including the Cowgirl in Agnes de Mille's Rodeo and the goose girl in Igrouchki; joined New York City Ballet (1950), appearing in many works by Balanchine, including A Life for the Tsar (1950) and La Valse (1951), and the premiere of Antony Tudor's Lady of the Camilias (1951); began serving as ballet master of New York City Ballet (1954), then headed the State Ballet of Missouri ballet school.
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