Past
Performers: 1950-1959
1950
Ballet Guild with Bettina Rosay & David Tihmar
Bocchino & Company
Jean Léon Destiné & Jeanne Ramon
Emily Frankel & Mark Ryder
Josefina Garcia
Nana Gollner & Paul Petroff
Peter Hamilton with Felisa Conde & Jack Ferris
Aubrey Hitchins Ballet
Anna Istomina & Leon Danielian
Virginia Johnson's Theatre Dance Group
Betty Jones & Lucas Hoving
Myra Kinch & Company
Iva Kitchell
La Meri with Peter DiFalco & Company
José
Limón with Letitia Ide & Ellen Love
Mara & Dancers with Chao-Li Chi & Michiko
Lillian Moore
Pola Nirenska
Pearl Primus
Herbert Ross-John Ward Company
Ted Shawn
Mia Slavenska & Company
Ruth St. Denis
1951
Ronne Aul
Taik Won Cho & Sun Yong Kim
Jean Léon Destiné with Jeanne Ramon &
Alphonse Cimber
Josefina Garcia
Kurt & Grace Graff
Hadassah & Company
Rebecca Harris
Melissa Hayden & Herbert Bliss
Jacob's Pillow Ballet
Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing & Diana Adams
Myra Kinch & Company
Iva Kitchell
La Meri & Peter DiFalco
Tanaquil LeClercq & Nicholas Magallanes
Lilian
José Limón & Company with Pauline Koner
Annabelle Lyon
Lillian Moore
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
Richard & Flora Stuart
Maria Tallchief & Michael Maule
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1952
Talley Beatty & Company
Alexandra Danilova
Peter DiFalco
Nina Fonaroff
Frederic Franklin
Carol Frishman & Anthony Mordente
Josefina Garcia
Tatiana Grantzeva
Rebecca Harris
Bill Hooks & Company
Sinda Iberia
Robert Joffrey Ballet Company
Juana
Albia Kavan & Rex Cooper
Myra Kinch
Iva Kitchell
La Meri
José Limón & Company
Katherine Litz
Ralph McWilliams
Duncan Noble & Company
Polajenko
Ted Shawn
Mia Slavenska
Ruth St. Denis
Richard Stuart & Vanya
Marina Svetlova & Robert Calder
1953
John Butler Company with Felisa Conde &
Glen Tetley
Yvonne Chouteau & Gilbert Reed
Jean Léon Destiné & Company
Richard Englund & Company
Carola Goya
Tatiana Grantzeva & Polajenko
Melissa Hayden & Michael Maule
Lester Horton Dance Theatre
Robert Joffrey & Company
Myra Kinch
Iva Kitchell
La Meri & Peter DiFalco
Zoya Leporska & Peter Nelson
José Limón & Company with Pauline Koner
Alicia Markova
Donald McKayle & Company
National Ballet of Canada
Marion Scott & Company
Ted Shawn
Shivaram
Ruth St. Denis
Sahomi Tachibana
Karoun Tootikian & her Armenian Ballet
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1954
American Mime Theatre
John Butler Dance Theatre with Glen Tetley &
Felisa Conde
Celtic Ballet of Scotland
Alexandra Danilova with Michael Maule &
Marvin Krauter
Eyrick Darby
Marlene Dell & Don Farnworth
Emerson & Jayne
The Ernestis
Ram Gopal
Lotte Goslar with Freddy Albeck
Kurt & Grace Graff
Harriette Ann Gray & Company
Hadassah & Company
Geoffrey Holder & Company
Lester Horton Dance Theatre with
Carmen de Lavallade & James Truitte
Inesita
Pearl Lang & Company
Yurek Lazowski
Carmelita Maracci
Michael Maule
Mary Ellen Moylan
Negro Dance Theatre
Alonzo Rivera
Inge Sand & Vladimir Dokoudovsky
Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company
1955
Birgit Akesson
Alicia Alonso
American Mime Theatre
Erik Bruhn
John Butler Dance Theatre with Glen Tetley &
Mary Hinkson
Merce Cunningham & Company
Alexandra Danilova
Jean Léon Destiné with Alphonse Cimber
Emily Frankel & Mark Ryder
Josefina Garcia
Carola Goya & Matteo
Maria Karnilova & David Nillo
Myra Kinch
Iva Kitchell
Moscelyne Larkin
Iris Mabry
La Mariquita
Michael Maule
Mary Ellen Moylan
Negro Dance Theatre
Nina Novak
Yvonne Patterson, Joan Van Orden &
Paul Sutherland
Priyagopal
Royal Danish Ballet
Ted Shawn
Mia Slavenska & Adreano Vitale
Ruth St. Denis
Xenia Zarina
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1956
Sonia Arova & Job Sanders
Irina Borowska & Alan Howard
Merce Cunningham Dance Company with
John Cage
Dokodouvsky-Stroganova Ballet
Gina
Lotte Goslar
Carola Goya & Matteo
Rebecca Harris
Melissa Hayden & Francisco Moncion
Geoffrey Holder & Company with
Carmen de Lavallade
Myra Kinch & Company
Tommy Marlowe
Nina Novak & Leon Danielian
San Francisco Ballet
Ted Shawn
Mia Slavenska & Robert Morrow
Lois Smith & David Adams
Anna Sokolow's Theatre Dance Company
Emy St. Just & Company
Ruth St. Denis
Sahomi Tachibana
Texas State College for Women Modern
Dance Group
1957
Mary Anthony Dance Theatre
Sonia Arova & Erik Bruhn
Ballet Celeste
Jean Cébron
Jean Léon Destiné & Company
Carlos Antonio Fernandez
Josefina Garcia
Lotte Goslar with Freddy Albeck
Carola Goya & Matteo
Kurt & Grace Graff
Benjamin Harkarvy Ballet Company with
Joy Williams & Charles Czarny
Myra Kinch & Company with Ted Shawn
Iva Kitchell
Alicia Markova with Hugh Laing
Bruce McClure
Miami Civic Ballet
Antonia Morales
Barton Mumaw
National Ballet of Canada with Lois Smith &
David Adams
Royal Danish Ballet
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
Maria Tallchief & André Eglevsky
Glen Tetley & Gemze De Lappe with
Beatrice Tompkins & Diane Consoer
Tom Two Arrows
Wisnu Wardhana & Bagong Kussudiardjo
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1958
Atlanta Civic Ballet
Irina Borowska & Kenneth Johnson
Jean Cébron
Barbara Fallis & Royes Fernandez
Shrimathi Gina
Ram Gopal
Lotte Goslar
Carola Goya & Matteo
Geoffrey Holder & Company
Kandyan Dancers of Ceylon
Tania Karina & Oleg Sabline
Myra Kinch & Company with Ted Shawn
Pauline Koner & Company
Teresita La Tana
Mata & Hari
Daniel Nagrin
Nina Novak & George Zoritch with Irina Kovalska
& Edmund Novak
Donald Saddler & Company with Maria Karnilova
Mia Slavenska & André Eglevsky
Sahomi Tachibana
Violette Verdy & Scott Douglas
Ximenez-Vargas Spanish Ballet Company
1959
Alvin Ailey & Company
Thomas Andrew & Company
Ballet Rambert
Bhaskar & Company
Jean Cébron
Carola Goya & Matteo
Jacob's Pillow Dancers
Tania Karina, Oleg Sabline & Company
Myra Kinch & Company
La Meri
Pearl Lang & Company
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Liturgical Dance Choir of Hunter College
Merry-Go-Rounders
Nelle Fisher & Rudy Tronto
Lupe Serrano & Erik Bruhn
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
Ximenez-Vargas Ballet Espanol
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