Curley, Wilma (1937–)
Curley, Wilma (1937–)
American ballet and theatrical dancer. Born April 1, 1937, in Brooklyn, NY.
Appeared at New York City Ballet (mid-1950s), where she created roles in Todd Bolender's Souvenirs (1955) and Jerome Robbins' The Concert, or the Perils of Everybody (1956); also appeared in Robbins' New York Export: Opus Jazz (1958), Moves (1959) and Afternoon of a Faun; continued to work with Robbins after dance troupe dispersed and in restagings of his ballets throughout US and Europe.
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