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Article: Lucia Chase, dance pioneer, co-founder of U.S. ballet troupe
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 10, 1986
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NEW YORK (AP) Lucia Chase, a pioneer of dance who co-founded
the American Ballet Theatre and served as co-director of the troupe
for 35 years, died yesterday at age 88.
Miss Chase, who was the role model for the ballet director in
the 1977 film "The Turning Point," died at home following a long
illness.
During her tenure, ABT attracted dancers such as Mikhail
Baryshnikov and choreographers such as Twyla Tharp as it became one
of the country's top ballet companies.
Born to a wealthy family in Waterbury, Conn., in 1907, she
attended the Theatre Guild School as an aspiring actress. But with
the death of her husband, Thomas Ewing in 1933, the heiress instead
dedicated her efforts and ...
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