Loren (Tex) Hightower (December 2, 1927 – November 7, 2017) was an American dancer who split his performing career between ballet and musical theatre. He was no relation to ballerina Rosella Hightower.[2]
Hightower's credits as a choreographer include the ballets The Maids, An Idyll for Aphrodite, and Chips from a Crystal Ballroom, as well as Museum for the New York Shakespeare Festival.
loren, hightower, loren, hightower, december, 1927, november, 2017, american, dancer, split, performing, career, between, ballet, musical, theatre, relation, ballerina, rosella, hightower, born, 1927, december, 1927ochiltree, county, texas, usadiednovember, 20. Loren Tex Hightower December 2 1927 November 7 2017 was an American dancer who split his performing career between ballet and musical theatre He was no relation to ballerina Rosella Hightower 2 Loren HightowerBorn 1927 12 02 December 2 1927Ochiltree County Texas USADiedNovember 7 2017 2017 11 07 aged 89 Myrtle Beach South CarolinaNationalityAmericanOther names Tex 1 Occupation s ballet dancer choreographer Originally from Belton Texas Hightower trained with Ted Shawn He danced principal roles with the Metropolitan Ballet American Ballet Theatre and the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre in addition he performed regularly at the Metropolitan Opera Like many ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s Hightower frequently supplemented his income by working in musical theatre and his Broadway appearances include Peter Pan 110 in the Shade Camelot Anyone Can Whistle and Brigadoon He retired from performing in the late 1960s Hightower s credits as a choreographer include the ballets The Maids An Idyll for Aphrodite and Chips from a Crystal Ballroom as well as Museum for the New York Shakespeare Festival For many years Hightower taught dance at Adelphi University References edit Equipoise The Life and Work of Alfredo Corvino by Dawn Lille Dance amp Movement Press 2009 p 88 Moses Betty 17 November 2017 Loren Tex Hightower myhorrynews com Retrieved 2 December 2017 External links editLoren Hightower at the Internet Broadway Database Loren Hightower at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loren Hightower amp oldid 1195586451, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
