Willam Christensen
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Willam F. Christensen (1902-October 14, 2001) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the San Francisco Ballet and the Salt Lake City, Utah based dance academy Ballet West. He is known for bringing the Russian ballet The Nutcracker to the United States and raising it to national popularity, as well as staging the first American performances of Swan Lake and Coppelia.
Christensen is often credited with helping to rejuevinate American dance.
[edit] Internet links
- Ballet pioneer Willam F. Christensen - San Francisco Chronicle - October 16, 2001
- S.F. ballet founder Willam Christensen was a man with a vision San Francisco Chronicle - November 4, 2001
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