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Felisa Vanoff

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Phyllis Elizabeth (Felisa) Vanoff (June 11, 1925 – May 29, 2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, producer, and philanthropist. [1]

53 relations: Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Ballets Russes, Bambi Linn, Beverly Hills, California, Billy Rose, Brooks School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cancer, Carmen, Carousel (musical), Charles Weidman, City of Angels (musical), Don Giovanni, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Eugene Caputo, Flamenco, Foundation Center, Fred Waring, Glen Tetley, Gordon Davidson (director), Harvard University, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Hollywood, Igor Stravinsky, Joffrey Ballet, Kennedy Center Honors, Ketchum, Idaho, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Los Angeles Music Center, Malibu, California, Manhattan, Mexico City, National LGBTQ Task Force, New York City Opera, Nick Vanoff, North Andover, Massachusetts, Paley Center for Media, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Peter O'Malley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Salzburg, Sid Caesar, Sun Valley, Idaho, The Beverly Hills Courier, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, The Rite of Spring, The Wall Street Journal, United Service Organizations, United States Army, ..., Variety (magazine), Vincenzo Celli, Your Show of Shows. Expand index (3 more) »

Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County in Western Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1905 and named after the American Bridge Company.

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Ballets Russes

The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company based in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America.

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Bambi Linn

Bambi Linn (born Bambina Linnemeier on April 26, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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Billy Rose

Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg, September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist.

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Brooks School

Brooks School is a private, co-educational, preparatory, secondary school in North Andover, Massachusetts on the shores of Lake Cochichewick.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Carmen

Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet.

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Carousel (musical)

Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics).

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Charles Weidman

Charles Weidman (July 22, 1901 – July 15, 1975) was a renowned choreographer, modern dancer and teacher.

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City of Angels (musical)

City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart.

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (K. 527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, namely Don Giovanni or The Libertine Punished) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr. (born May 16, 1955) is an American businessman who currently serves as a Managing Partner at Accretive LLC, a private equity firm focused on creating and investing in technology companies.

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Eugene Caputo

Eugene A. Caputo (February 17, 1899 – October 17, 1978) was an American politician and lawyer.

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Flamenco

Flamenco, in its strictest sense, is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia.

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Foundation Center

Foundation Center is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City, United States.

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Fred Waring

Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. (June 9, 1900 – July 29, 1984) was a musician, bandleader, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing".

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Glen Tetley

Glen Tetley (February 3, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio – January 26, 2007 in Florida) was an American ballet and modern dancer as well as a choreographer who mixed ballet and modern dance to create a new way of looking at dance, and is best known for his piece Pierrot Lunaire.

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Gordon Davidson (director)

Gordon Davidson (May 7, 1933 – October 2, 2016) was an American stage and film director and the founding artistic director of Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hasty Pudding Theatricals

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque crossdressing musicals.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor.

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Joffrey Ballet

The Joffrey Ballet is a professional dance company resident in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture (although recipients do not need to be U.S. citizens).

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Ketchum, Idaho

Ketchum is a city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, in the central part of the state.

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre.

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Los Angeles Music Center

The Music Center (officially named the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States.

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Malibu, California

Malibu is a beach city in western Los Angeles County, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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National LGBTQ Task Force

The National LGBTQ Task Force is an American social justice advocacy non-profit organizing the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.

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New York City Opera

The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City.

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Nick Vanoff

Nick Vanoff (October 25, 1929 – March 20, 1991) was a dancer, producer and philanthropist.

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North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Paley Center for Media

The Paley Center for Media, formerly the Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) and the Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, is an American cultural institution in New York and Los Angeles dedicated to the discussion of the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Peter O'Malley

Peter O'Malley (born December 12, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) was the owner (1979–98) and president (1970–98) of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG", is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Salzburg

Salzburg, literally "salt fortress", is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of Salzburg state.

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Sid Caesar

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows, which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour, both of which influenced later generations of comedians.

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Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley is a resort city in Blaine County in central Idaho, in the western United States.

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The Beverly Hills Courier

The Beverly Hills Courier is a free weekly tabloid-sized print newspaper of circulation in Beverly Hills and the surrounding communities, and a daily web newspaper.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rite of Spring

The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps; sacred spring) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United Service Organizations

The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is a nonprofit organization that provides live entertainment, such as comedians and musicians, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vincenzo Celli

Vincenzo Celli (4 May 1900 – 28 February 1988) was a noted Italian-American ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher.

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Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC from February 25, 1950, through June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felisa_Vanoff

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