Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is a former American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training as a child in Cincinnati .

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet is a ballet company housed at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., and founded in 2000 by Suzanne Farrell, one of George Balanchine's most celebrated ballerinas, and a former New York City Ballet principal dancer.

Suzanne Farrell, American dancer especially known for her performances with New York City Ballet. Often thought of as the ‘Balanchine ballerina par excellence,’ she combined a light, gentle presence and a certain cool assurance with flawless technique to create her stage persona.

In just over a decade, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet has evolved from an educational program of the Kennedy Center to a highly lauded ballet company, hailed by the New York Times Chief Dance Critic in 2007 as one of the most courageous projects in ballet today.

Suzanne Farrell “Dancing was getting inside my body, emotionally as well as physically. At the dress rehearsal... I suddenly was in the real atmosphere of the theater. ... And I just thought, ‘this is what I wanted to be.” - Suzanne Farrell “ Biography. Ballet Career. Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company. Cedar Islands (Summer Intensive ...

In just over a decade, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet has evolved from an educational program of the Kennedy Center to a highly lauded ballet company, hailed by the New York Times Chief Dance Critic in 2007 as one of the most courageous projects in ballet today.

2017年12月19日 · WASHINGTON — Suzanne Farrell was the most celebrated of the many ballerinas trained and presented by the superlative choreographer George Balanchine (1904-83). Her dancing was grand, impulsive...

Since the year 2000, Suzanne Farrell has been a professor of dance at Florida State University. In that same year, she organized the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, which became the resident classical ballet company of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Farrell joined Balanchine's New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 after a year as a Ford Foundation scholarship student at the School of American Ballet. Her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts quickly ignited Balanchine's imagination.

2022年2月11日 · Since the year 2000, Suzanne Farrell has been a professor of dance at Florida State University. In that same year, she organized the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, which became the resident classical ballet company of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.