Anne Benna Sims

Anne Benna Sims was the first African-American danceuse at American Ballet Theatre.[1] Sims danced with the Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1972.[2]

At ABT she was in the first cast of the company premiere of Paul Taylor's Airs (reconstructed by Eileen Cropley); other members of the cast were Lisa Rinehart, Janet Shibata, Rebecca Wright, Brian Adams, Warren Conover and Robert La Fosse.[3][Airs 1] She had earlier been featured in a revival of Antony Tudor's Undertow with Peter Fonseea. [Undertow 1][Undertow 2] Sims graduated from Bishop Reilly High School in 1970. Her sister is museum curator Lowery Stokes Sims.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Jet, March 19, 1981, p. 64.
  2. ↑ La Bibliothèque de la danse, École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal.
  3. ↑ ABT website

Reviews

Paul Taylor's Airs

  1. ↑ Anna Kisselgoff, "Ballet: Taylor's 'Airs' and 'Sylphides'", The New York Times, April 23, 1981.

Antony Tudor's Undertow

  1. ↑ Theatre World, Glenne Currie, The Hour, June 5, 1979.
  2. ↑ Anna Kisselgoff, "Dance: 'Petrouchka' and Two Debuts", The New York Times, May 30, 1979.

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