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Article: Choo San Goh of Washington Ballet Dies
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 30, 1987
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Choo San Goh, 39, the resident choreographer and associate
artistic director of the Washington Ballet where he had worked since
1976 and where he became a major force in ballet composition and
performance, died of viral colitis Nov. 28 at his home in New York
City. He also had a home in Washington.
Mr. Goh had created more than a dozen major pieces for the
ballet. Perhaps his best-known work was "Configurations," which was
commissioned by Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Ballet Theatre.
Baryshnikov performed in this ballet at its premiere at Lisner
Auditorium in 1981.
Featuring the music of Samuel Barber, that ballet and
Baryshnikov's performance in it became the subject of a British ...