Maria calegari biography
Maria Calegari (born March 30, 1957), American Ballerina ...!
Maria calegari biography
Maria Calegari
American ballet dancer, teacher and répétiteur
This article is about the ballet dancer. For the composer, see Maria Cattarina Calegari.
Maria Calegari (born March 30, ) is an American ballet dancer, teacher and répétiteur.
She joined the New York City Ballet in and became a principal dancer in She left the company in , then occasionally performed until She also teaches ballet and began working as a répétiteur for the Balanchine Trust and Robbins Rights Trust in and respectively.
Early life and training
Calegari was born on March 30, , in New York.[1] She was raised in Bayside, Queens.[2] She received her ballet training locally before entering the School of American Ballet in , when she was 13, and was taught by Alexandra Danilova.[1] In , at the school's annual workshop performance, she danced excerpts from Danilova's staging of Petipa's Paquita.[3][4]
Career
Calegari joined the New York City Ballet