Nicholas Magallanes | |
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.png) Magallanes performing The Nutcracker (1954) | |
| Born | November 27, 1922 Santa Rosalia de Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Died | May 2, 1977 (aged 54) North Merrick, Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 1939–1976 |
| External videos | |
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 You may watch Nicholas Magallanes dancing the role of "The Shepherd" in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors in 1951 here |
Nicholas Magallanes (November 27, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet.[1] Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Clercq, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed Ballet Society, the immediate predecessor of the New York City Ballet.[2]
- ^ Horst Koegler, "Magallanes, Nicholas," in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet, 2d ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982)
- ^ Lynn Garafola with Eric Foner, eds. Dance for a City: Fifty Years of the New York City Ballet (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999).