December 26
Born Today:
Bob Avian
Dancer/choreographer Bob Avian (1937-2021) performed in Broadway musicals such as Funny Girl (1964) before connecting with dancer/choreographer Michael Bennett (1943-1987). Avian assisted Bennett in Promises, Promises (1968) and Company (1970) and co-choreographed A Chorus Line (1975).
Also Born Today: Ballerina Althea Sealy (1960-) is the Artistic Director of the Belize National Dance Company.
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Dance Premiere: Don Quixote, based on the early novel by Miguel de Cervantes, premiered in 1869 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Movie: Golddiggers of 1937 released in 1936