Peter Martins
Danish ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish former ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he was responsible for artistic leadership of City Ballet.
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Born | (1946-10-27) 27 October 1946 (age 77) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer |
Spouse(s) | Darci Kistler (m. 1991); Lise la Cour (first marriage) |
Children | Talicia Tove Martins, Nilas Martins[1] |
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