Albert Evans (dancer)

Albert Pierce Evans (December 29, 1968 – June 22, 2015) was an American ballet dancer.[1] He began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986.

He joined New York City Ballet's corps de ballet in 1988 and was immediately given leading roles in William Forsythe's Behind The China Dogs, and Eliot Feld's The Unanswered Question at City Ballet's American Music Festival. Evans was promoted to soloist in 1991 and to principal in 1995.

Death

Evans died following a short illness on June 22, 2015 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.[2]

Farewell performance

Evans' farewell performance took place Sunday, June 20, 2010,[3] and consisted of ballets by Balanchine, Forsythe and Miroshnichenko:

Roles

Evans originated or danced featured roles in:

George Balanchine

Jerome Robbins

  • Gershwin Concerto

Peter Martins
  • Les Gentilhommes
  • Reliquary
  • The Sleeping Beauty Puss in Boots
  • Slonimsky's Earbox
  • Swan Lake Von Rotbart, Hungarian, and Russian
  • Todo Buenos Aires

Christopher Wheeldon

Kevin O'Day
  • Swerve Poems

Ulysses Dove

  • Red Angels
  • Twilight

Miriam Mahdaviani

John Alleyne

  • The New Blondes

Christopher d'Amboise

  • Circle Of Fifths

Garth Fagan

  • "Ellington Elation" from Duke!

Eliot Feld

William Forsythe

  • Behind The China Dogs

Robert La Fosse

  • Concerto In Five Movements

Trey McIntyre

  • Steel and Rain

David Parsons

Alexei Ratmansky

Susan Stroman

Twyla Tharp

  • The Beethoven Seventh

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Obituary, nytimes.com, June 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Albert Evans, former New York City Ballet star, dead at 46 after short illness". Alberni Valley Times. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Profile, nytimes.com, June 22, 2010.

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