Adams, Diana

Adams, Diana
▪ 1994

      U.S. ballerina (b. March 29, 1926, Staunton, Va.—d. Jan. 10, 1993, San Andreas, Calif.), captivated audiences with her radiant beauty and spellbinding dramatic interpretations while performing with Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre; 1944-50) and the New York City Ballet (1950-63). Adams studied under her stepmother, Emily Hadley-Adams, before traveling to New York City, where she was tutored by Edward Caton, Agnes de Mille, and Antony Tudor. Adams made her stage debut on Broadway in the musical Oklahoma! (1943) and the following year joined Ballet Theatre, where she created the role of Cybele in Tudor's Undertow (1945) and had prominent roles in his Romeo and Juliet, Numbus, and Jardin aux lilas. She also was featured as Myrthe in Giselle and in the female leads in George Balanchine's Theme and Variations. Adams, tall and long legged and combining grace with athleticism, was the epitome of the perfect Balanchine dancer. She followed Balanchine to the New York City Ballet, where he featured her in La Valse (1951), Opus 34 (1954), Ivesiana (1954), and the challenging Agon (1957), in which she and Arthur Mitchell created the central duet, considered by many the most significant and influential movement sequence in all of 20th-century dance. Adams also performed in films—she partnered Danny Kaye in Knock on Wood (1954) and worked with Gene Kelly in Invitation to the Dance (1956). She became a teacher at the School of American Ballet while still dancing. After retiring from the stage in 1963, she continued to teach until 1971.

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