Roope, Clover (1937–)
Roope, Clover (1937–)
English ballet dancer and choreographer. Born 1937 in Bristol, England.
Joined Royal Ballet (1957), where she appeared in 19th-century classics as well as works by Ashton and Howard; became member of Western Ballet Theatre (1960), where she danced in Walter Gore's Street Games, Ray Powell's One in Five, and Kenneth Macmillan's Valse Eccentrique, and choreographed numerous works; trained in US for 2 years at studios of Martha Graham, Margaret Craske, and Antony Tudor; appeared in Helen McGehee's After Possession (1965) and at Jacob's Pillow opposite Christopher Lyall.
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