Osato, Sono (1919–1953)
Osato, Sono (1919–1953)
Japanese-American ballet and theatrical dancer. Born Aug 29, 1919, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Danced with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1930s), appearing in numerous classical productions by Balanchine, Massine, Lichine, and others; danced with Ballet Theater (1941–43) where she created roles for Antony Tudor, including Lover in Experience in Pillar of Fire (1943); on Broadway, was featured in de Mille's One Touch of Venus (1943) and Robbins' On the Town (1944); also appeared in Ballet Ballads (1948), Valerie Bettis' Peer Gynt (1950), One Over Lightly (1955) and in film The Kissing Bandit (1947).
See also memoir, Distant Dances (1980).
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