Taras, John

Taras, John
▪ 2005

      American choreographer and ballet master (b. April 18, 1919, New York, N.Y.—d. April 2, 2004, New York City), gained international renown not only for creating imaginative ballets but also for staging and rehearsing the works of other notable choreographers for numerous dance companies. One of his longest relationships was with choreographer George Balanchine and New York City Ballet (NYCB); both in Taras's work with that company and in his stagings of Balanchine ballets for major companies elsewhere, he was noted for his faithful adherence to Balanchine's neoclassical style. Taras began his dancing career with a Ukrainian folk dance group when he was 9 years old, and when he was 16 he began ballet studies in New York City. After performing stints with Catherine Littlefield's Philadelphia Ballet and NYCB precursors, he was (1942–46) a member of Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre [ABT]). There he not only danced and served as ballet master but in 1945 choreographed his first major ballet, Graziana. In 1946 Taras choreographed Camille for the Original Ballet Russe, and in 1948 he created one of his most enduring works, Design with Strings, for the Metropolitan Ballet of London. Also in 1948 he became choreographer and ballet master for the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in Paris, an association that lasted, with breaks for work with other companies, until 1959. Notable among his ballets for the de Cuevas company was Piège de lumière (1952). Besides serving as ballet master for the Paris Opéra Ballet (1969–70) and as artistic director of West Berlin's Deutsche Oper (1971–72), Taras was affiliated with NYCB from 1959 until Balanchine's death in 1983, serving as ballet master and Balanchine's assistant. He choreographed such ballets as Ebony Concerto (1960), Arcade (1963), which featured Suzanne Farrell's first solo role, and Souvenir de Florence (1981) for NYCB and an acclaimed version of Firebird for Dance Theatre of Harlem (1982). In 1984 Taras was named associate director of ABT, a position he held until 1990.

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