Georgina Parkinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Georgina Parkinson

British ballet dancer

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Dec-2009

Profession: ballet master

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Georgina Parkinson

  • Georgina Parkinson (20 August 1938 – 18 December 2009) was a British ballerina, ballet mistress and a coach at the American Ballet Theatre.
  • Parkinson was born in Brighton, England.
  • She was a ballet dancer for The Royal Ballet in the 1960s.
  • Her breakthrough performance was in 1964 with Les Biches, and she performed in narrative ballets like Swan Lake and Raymonda.
  • In 1978, she performed character roles at Ballet Theatre.
  • While she went home to Battersea in London for a year to spend time with her family, she returned to the Theatre as a ballet mistress.
  • She was close with dancers Julie Kent and Gelsey Kirkland, both of whom who thanked her and discussed working with her in their autobiographies.
  • She died from complications of cancer.

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