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She was briefly engaged to Jerome Robbins in 1951. She married the film director, producer, choreographer and actor Herbert Ross in Majorca in August 1959. The couple founded Ballet of Two Worlds, which toured Europe in 1960 performing such Ross choreography as Persephone and The Dybbuk.
- Nora Koreff, January 17, 1920, New York City, U.S.
- Prima ballerina, film producer, choreographer
- February 28, 1987 (aged 67), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Herbert had been married to the ballerina Nora Kaye until she died, and unbeknownst to me was still obsessed by her. It was 'Nora said this, Nora did it like that, Nora liked brown and orange.' [16]
- Herbert David Ross, May 13, 1927, New York City, U.S.
- 1942–1995
- October 9, 2001 (aged 74), New York City, U.S.
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Oct 4, 1987 · They were director Herbert Ross and former prima ballerina Nora Kaye, widely considered to be the best ballerina America ever produced. In February, when Kaye died of cancer, Ross...
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Mar 18, 2024 · In 1959 Kaye married choreographer Herbert Ross, with whom the next year she formed the Ballet of Two Worlds, a company that presented Ross’s Angel Head, Rashomon Suite, and The Dybbuk. She retired from performing in 1961.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 11, 2001 · But his most important creative partnership was with his first wife, Nora Kaye, one of the leading ballerinas of her day. She was his steadiest adviser and collaborator from their marriage in...
Mar 15, 1987 · NORA KAYE WAS ONE OF THE rare dancers in history who defied all imitation. A charter member in 1940 of American Ballet Theater, where she soon became an international star, Ms. Kaye extended an...
Nov 13, 1977 · Ross, in close collaboration with his wife, Nora Kaye, a former ballet star who initiated the project and served as executive producer, and their friend Arthur Laurents, who was persuaded to...
