Wright, Rebecca (1942–)
Wright, Rebecca (1942–)
American ballet and modern dancer. Born Dec 5, 1942, in Springfield, OH.
Trained at City Center Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Center; danced with Joffrey Ballet for over a decade (1966–75), where she created roles for Gerald Arpino's Confetti (1970), Margo Sappington's Weewis (1971), and Joe Layton's Double Exposure (1972), among others; joined American Ballet Theater as a soloist and danced in company's productions of such classics as The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, and Swan Lake (1975–82); starred on Broadway in Merlin; was a professor at California State University, Long Beach (1987–93); became director of the Washington School of Ballet (2004).
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