LARRY LONG - Artistic Director - Larry Long began his training with Alexandra Baldina of the Ballets Russes. He was a member of Alicia Alonso's Ballet and later joined Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet. After becoming a principal dancer with Miss Page's International Ballet Company he was appointed Ballet Master, a position he later held with the National Ballet of Washington and the Harkness Ballet. In 1973, he was co-founder and director with Ruth Page of the Chicago Ballet. Three years later, Mr. Long became artistic director of Ballet International in London.
In 1982, at the request of the Arts Council of New Zealand, he taught ballet at the South Pacific Conference and Seminar on Choreography and Composing for Dance. He has staged Ruth Page's choreography of The Merry Widow and recently staged Ruth Page's Carmen for Tulsa Ballet Theater.
DOLORES LIPINSKI - Co-Artistic Director - Ms. Lipinski joined Ruth Page's Chicago Ballet as a teenager and danced in all Ms. Page's subsequent companies and productions. She was a principal dancer with Frederick Franklin's National Ballet of Washington, and appeared frequently in television and summer stock productions. Ruth Page choreographed the role of the American Beauty Rose in her Nutcracker especially for Ms. Lipinski, who performed with an energy and artistic flare that has never been matched.
Ms. Lipinski's strict attention to pristine classical technique along with her evident passion for dance made her performances a splendor to experience. Raised in Chicago and chiefly trained here, Ms. Lipinski brings her vast experience and knowledge to her advanced and intermediate ballet classes.
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