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Article: ENERGY AND ART OF CHOO SAN GOH
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 1, 1987
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Choo San Goh, one of the ballet world's most popular
choreographers, died Saturday night in his Manhattan home. He was
39. Goh, who was born in Singapore, where he began his ballet
training and also earned a B.A. in biochemistry from the University
of Singapore, danced for several years with the Dutch National
Ballet before becoming resident choreographer at the Washington
Ballet in 1976. Until his death he was associated with the
Washington company, rising to the position of associate artistic
director. Washington Post dance critic Alan M. Kriegsman wrote, in
1985, that Goh had "propelled the Washington Ballet to
international status on the jetstream of his talent . . ." But Goh
was ...