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Barbara Fallis (1923/1924 – September 5, 1980) was an American ballet dancer and educator. She danced for many prominent companies, including the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, and later started her own school, the New York School of Ballet, with husband Richard Thomas .
- 5 September 1980 (aged 56), New York City, U.S.
- 1923/1924, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
- Ballet dancer
- 2; including Richard Thomas
Aug 3, 2013 · Mr. Thomas achieved wide influence teaching at the New York School of Ballet, which he and his wife, the ballerina Barbara Fallis, founded in 1958 in Manhattan. Both he and Ms. Fallis, who died...
Sep 9, 1980 · Barbara Fallis, a former soloist with the American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet and a prominent ballet teacher, died of cancer Friday at New York Hospital. She was 56 years old...
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Jul 1, 2020 · Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis’s New York School of Ballet on the Upper West Side, where we descended into a musty, resin-fragrant cream-and-brown studio, to join the famous and non-famous...
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Barbara Fallis was born in 1924 in Denver, Colorado. Shortly after, her family moved from the United States to London, England for her father’s work. The Fallis family remained in London for 12 years until WWII. Her love and pursuit of dance began during this time. She and her mother attended many performances by notable dance companies of the time...
Upon relocation to America, the Fallis family settled in New York City. Here Barbara was able to audition for Ballet Theater with Lucia Chase. She began dancing with Ballet Theater, later know as American Ballet Theatre|American Ballet Theater, in 1941 at the age of 16. Her first performance with the company was in La Sulfidein Mexico. During her 8...
Digital Collections, New York Public Library.Barbara Fallis (1923/1924 – September 5, 1980) was an American ballet dancer and educator. She danced for many prominent companies, including the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet, and later started her own school, the New York School of Ballet, with husband Richard Thomas.
Aug 10, 2013 · Mr. Thomas achieved wide influence teaching at the New York School of Ballet, which he and his wife, ballerina Barbara Fallis, founded in 1958 in Manhattan. Both he and Fallis, who died in...
