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Glen Tetley Biography (1926-)

Born February 3, 1926, in Cleveland, OH; son of Glenford Andrew (a business executive) and Mary Eleanor (Byrne) Tetley.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 3, 1926

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE CHOREOGRAPHER
• Fortuna, Maidman Playhouse, New York City, 1961.
• An Evening of Theater Dance (included Gleams in the Bone House, Birds ofSorrow, How Many Miles to Babylon?, and Pierrot Lunaire), New York Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, 1962.
• Mythical Hunters, Batsheva Company, Israel, 1965, then Hunter College Playhouse, New York City, 1966.
• Ricercare, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Dithyramb, Rebekah Harkness Dance Festival, New York City, 1967.
• Field Figures, Royal Ballet, London, 1970.
• Lorintus, Royal Ballet, London, 1972.
• Voluntaries, Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany, 1973.
• Le Sacre du Printemps, Munich State Opera Ballet, Munich, Germany, 1974.
• Tristan, Paris Opera, Paris, 1974.
• Daphnis and Chloe, Stuttgart Ballet, 1975.
• Greening, Stuttgart Ballet, 1975.
• Nocturne, American Ballet Theatre, 1977.
• Sphinx, American Ballet Theatre, 1977.
• Contredances, American Ballet Theatre, 1979.
• Dances of Albion: Dark Night, Glad Day, Royal Ballet, London, 1980.
• Revelation and Fall, Australian Dance Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 1984.
• Alice, National Ballet of Canada, O'Keefe Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, c. 1986, then Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, c. 1986.
• La Ronde, National Ballet of Canada, O'Keefe Theatre, 1987.
• Tagore, National Ballet of Canada, O'Keefe Theatre, 1989.
• Dialogues, Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York City, 1991.
• Ballets for the Netherlands Dance Theatre include The Dance Lesson, 1964,Circles, 1968, Imaginary Film, 1970, Mutations, 1970, and Summer's End, 1980; works for Ballet Rambert include Freefall and Ziggurat, both 1967, EmbraceTiger and Return to Mountain, 1968, Rag Dances, 1971, Praeludium, 1978, The Tempest, 1979, and Murderer: Hope of Women, 1983; choreographer for Firebird,Royal Danish Ballet, 1981; Pulcinella, Festival Ballet, 1984; Dream Walk of the Shaman, Aterballetto, 1985; Orpheus, Australian Ballet, 1987; Ballet Ballads, 1961; Sargasso, 1964; Field Mass, 1965; Chronochromie, 1966; Tehilim, 1966; The Seven Deadly Sins, 1967; Arena, 1968; Small Parades, 1972; Threshold,1972; Strope-Antistrophe, 1972; The Moveable Garden, 1973; Gemini, 1973; Tristan, 1974; Strender, 1974; Alegrias, 1975; Poeme Nocturne, 1977; and Die Feder.
• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Carmina Burana, New York City Opera, New York City, 1959, then Netherlands Dance Theatre, 1962.
• Danced on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate, 1949, Out of This World, 1950, and Juno, 1958; appeared in Amahl and the Night Visitors, NBC Opera, 1951; appeared in Hadrianus, Netherlands Dance Theatre, 1962; also appeared in Three Promises with the Lord. Toured Europe for the U.S.
• government, 1969.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "Gian Carlo Menotti: The Musical Magician," Great Performances, PBS, 1986.
• Also appeared in episodes of Omnibus, Camera Three, Adventure, and Look Up and Live.
• Credits; FILM WORK
• Choreographer for the film I Am a Dancer, 1976.