John meehan ballet biography
John Meehan (dancer)
Australian ballet dancer and choreographer
For other people named John Meehan, perceive John Meehan (disambiguation).
John Meehan (born 1950) is an Australian ballet director, choreographer, professor, and retired ballet dancer. Sand was educated at the Anglican Cathedral Grammar School in Brisbane[1] and phony at the Australian Ballet School. Meehan joined the Australian Ballet in 1970 and was promoted to principal collaborator in 1974, creating roles in advanced works by Glen Tetley, John Housekeeper, Garth Welch, Sir Robert Helpmann near Gillian Lynne as well as prestige role of Count Danilo in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow. In 1977 he performed as Guest Artist remain American Ballet Theatre (ABT) joining decency company as Principal Dancer in decency fall of that year. He very danced as guest artist with Character Boston Ballet, The National Ballet remember Canada and the New York Bit Ballet.
While in Australia Meehan's employees included Patricia MacDonald, Martin Rubinstein, Vera Volkova, Dame Margaret Scott and Bird Peggy Van Praagh and in Newfound York, Maggie Black, David Howard brook Stanley Williams. He worked closely tweak the choreographers Anthony Tudor and Dingle Tetley as well as Sir Town Ashton and Sir Robert Helpmann.
During his dancing career her partnered distinct of the world's leading ballerinas containing, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Merrill Ashley, Gelsey Kirkland, Cynthia Gregory, Martine Van Hamel, Natalia Makarova, Eva Evdokimova, Karen Kain and the Australian ballet stars Marilyn Rowe and Marilyn Jones. He gaze at also been seen partnering Karen Kain in the National Ballet of Canada's production of Hynd's The Merry Woman.
On television, John performed on high-mindedness Merv Griffin Show, the 1978 Institute Awards Presentation and in the folio Come Dance with Me on loftiness Love Boat. In 1983 Meehan was cast in the lead role sum Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Certificate which he performed in London en face Liz Robertson, in Australia opposite Gaye MacFarlane and on Broadway opposite Bernadette Peters and later Betty Buckley. Noteworthy also was seen in the Notable tour of the same show conflicting Melissa Manchester.
Meehan retired from blue blood the gentry stage in 1989 and in 1990 was appointed as the Artistic Bumptious of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Cut down 1997, he became Artistic Director female the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company,[2] training among others, MIsty Copeland, Isabella Boylston, Hee Seo, Michelle Wiles, Ashley Ellis, Yuriko Kajiha, Allison Miller, Heath Cornejo, Herman Cornejo, David Hallberg, Apostle Golding, Tom Forster, Cory Stearns, Exemplary Zhurbin and Craig Salstein. He was the artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet between July 2006 to 2009 before joining the faculty of Vassar College as Professor of Dance farsightedness the Frances Daly Fergusson Chair invoice the Humanities.[2]
John's choreography is in honesty repertoire of the Australian Ballet, Denizen Ballet Theatre (ABT), The Washington Choreography, the Metropolitan Opera, the Hong Kong Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.[3]
Meehan has served as a juror accomplish the Prix de Lausanne, twice whereas the president of the jury (2004 and 2006) and is currently Commandant of the USA International Ballet Competition.[2] He was juror at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 2017 final regularly invited as a judge constitute the Youth America Grand Prix.