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Article: Vicente Nebrada, director of National Ballet of Caracas, dies
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- June 9, 2002
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Dateline: CARACAS, Venezuela
Vicente Nebrada, a renowned choreographer who directed the National
Ballet of Caracas, died May 26 of leukemia. He was 72.
Nebrada was one of the most influential members of Venezuela's first
generation of professional ballet dancers that emerged in the 1940s
and 1950s.
More than 30 companies have performed his choreography, including
The American Ballet Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, The Australia Ballet
and the Universal Ballet of Korea.
Nebrada was appointed artistic director of the National Ballet of
Caracas in 1984 and transformed the company's repertoire with modern
choreography that challenged conventions of classical ballet.
Many ...