Ray Barra
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| Born | January 3, 1930 San Francisco, US |
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Ray Barra (born January 3, 1930) is an American former ballet dancer, a ballet master and ballet director. He was a soloist with the
Frankfurt Opera, the Hamburg Ballet and the Spanish National Dance Company
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Career
Born Raymond Martin Barallobre RamirezFirebird (1964), and the title role in Onegin (1965). He created major roles in ballets by Kenneth MacMillan, Pepe in Las Hermanas.[4] (1963) and Song of the Earth (1965).[2]
In 1966 Barra retired from the stage due to an injury. He worked as ballet master, from 1966 with the ballet of the
Frankfurt Opera, and from 1973 with the Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier.[1] In the late 1980s he was associate director and guest choreographer of the Ballet Nacional de España Clásico
in Madrid.
Barra choreographed for the Ballet del Teatro Lírico Nacional La espera, also known as Antes del albor, on
Washington Ballet Dumky Variations, on Dvorak's Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90, played live.[6] It was first performed on 13 February 1991.[7]
Barra was ballet director in Berlin from 1994 to 1996. He has directed classical ballets for the
References
- ^ Bavarian State Ballet. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Ray Barra". ODD. OUP. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Triebold, Wilhelm (1 December 2012). "Wir sind Teil der Choreografie / Die glorreichste Ballettinszenierung aller Zeiten feiert ihren runden Fünfzigsten". Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Brown, Mark (16 November 2012). "Stage set for Las Hermanas' Covent Garden debut". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Ray Barra". musicadanza.es (in Spanish). Centro de Documentation de Musica y Danza. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Jack (23 November 1992). "Review/Dance; The Birds and Elders Wild, the Youth Melancholy". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Table" (PDF). ODD. Washington Ballet. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
External links
- Ray Barra spainisculture.com
- Uraufführung des Balletts „Carmen“ von Ray Barra 16 November 2007
- History / The Cranko Era Stuttgart Ballet
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