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Lillian Moore original ballet photograph for “Aida” Cincinnati Summer Opera Company.
Lillian Moore(1911–1967) was a dancer, teacher, and dance historian.
Biography
Moore was born on September 20, 1911, in Chase City, Virginia. She studied at thePeabody Conservatory, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, and theSchool of American Ballet.
Her dance career spanned decades and included dancing the Metropolitan Opera as a member of thecorps de balletand as a soloist from 1928 through 1942. She danced with theAmerican Balletfrom 1935 through 1938. She was a dancer,choreographer, andballet masterfor the Cincinnati Summer Opera from 1940 through 1946. She toured Europe and the Pacific, with sources conflicting about the years (either during World War II in Europe, or after World War II in both Europe and the Pacific.
In the 1950s Moore danced for theJacob\'s Pillowperformance space in the Berkshires.
In the 1950s and 1960s she taught dance at theHigh School of Performing Artsand the Joffrey.
Moore\'s writing and research took a prominent place in her life. She served for a time as acting curator of theNew York Public Library\'s (NYPL) dance collection.[2]Much of her research on 18th and 19th century dance is in the collection of theJerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.Moore\'s writing includes articles for dance journals such asDance Index andDance Perspectives. Her bookArtists of the Dancewas published byThomas Y. Crowell Co.in 1938.[5]An anthology of her essaysEchoes of American ballet waspublished posthumously in 1976 by Dance Horizons.
