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Rosella Hightower Biography (1920-)

Born January 1, 1920, in Ardmore, OK; daughter of Charles E. and Eula M. (Fanning) Hightower; married Jean A. Robier (a designer), May 6, 1955 (some sources say 1952); children: Dominique Monet. Ethnicity: Native American. Addresses: Office--Opera Paris, 8 rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France; and CentreInternational Danse Residence, Gallia, 06 Cannes, France.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

January 1, 1920

Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Appearances; Ballets
• A fish, "The Creation," Seventh Symphony, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1938.
• Pas de trois, Swan Lake, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1940.
• One of the Philistines, Carnaval, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1941.
• Carlotta Grisi, Pas de quatre, Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1941.
• A lover-in-experience, Pillar of Fire, Ballet Theatre, 1942.
• Aristocrat, Mademoiselle Angot (also known as Mam'zelle Angot), Ballet Theatre, 1943.
• She Wore a Perfume, Dim Lustre, Ballet Theatre, 1943.
• Calliope, Apollo, Ballet Theatre, 1943.
• White witch, Fair at Sorochinsk, Ballet Theatre, 1943.
• A mother, Barn Dance, Ballet Theatre, 1944.
• Odette, Swan Lake, Ballet Theatre, 1944.
• Title role, Giselle, Ballet Theatre, 1944.
• The courtesan, Sebastian, Original Ballet Russe, New York City, 1946.
• Les Sylphides, Original Ballet Russe, 1946.
• Larghetto, Constantia, Original Ballet Russe, 1946.
• Principal dancer, Don Quixote, Original Ballet Russe, 1946.
• Principal dancer, Black Swan, Original Ballet Russe, 1946.
• Principal dancer, Pas de trois, Original Ballet Russe, 1947.
• Ballerina in white, Noir et blanc, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1948.
• The miller's wife, Le Tricorne, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1949.
• She, Persephone, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1950.
• Principal dancer, Les Saisons (also known as Symphonie allegorique), Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, Bordeaux, France, 1951.
• Principal dancer, Tarasiana, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, Paris, 1951.
• The young wife, Scaramouche, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1951.
• La jeune fille, Coup de feu, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1952.
• Principal dancer, Scherzo, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1952.
• Principal dancer, Rondo Capriccioso, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1952.
• The queen of the Morphides, Piege de lumiere, Grand Ballet du Marquis deCuevas, 1952.
• Title role, La Sylphide, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1953.
• Carmen, Corrida, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1957.
• Principal dancer, Fiesta, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1957.
• Principal dancer, Soiree musicale, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1957.
• Principal dancer, Aubade, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1957.
• The glove seller, Gaite parisienne, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1958.
• Princess Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1960.
• Principal dancer, Toccata et fugue, Nureyev/Bruhn Company, Cannes, France, 1962.
• Principal dancer, Raymonda Pas de quatre, Nureyev/Bruhn Company, 1962.
• Principal dancer, Fantasie, Nureyev/Bruhn Company, 1962.
• Principal dancer, Le Combat, Ballets de Paris, Paris, 1962.
• Principal dancer, Le Violin, Ballets de Paris, 1962.
• Principal dancer, Flower Festival at Genzano, Gala, Cannes, 1963.
• Principal dancer, La Robe de plumes, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, 1965.
• Principal dancer, Profile de silence, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 1965.
• Principal dancer, Tzigane, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 1965.
• The Four Moons, Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival, Tulsa, OK, 1967.
• Appeared as the principal dancer in Variations, Royan, 1969; Maude in Harold et Maude, Sinopa, 1991. Appeared in Devil's Holiday (also known as Le Diable s'amuse), Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, New York City, 1939. Touring roleswith the Ballet Theatre include Bianca in Bluebeard, pas de trois in Aurora's Wedding, and a nymph, L'Apres- midi d'un faune, all Mexico City, Mexico, 1941; a street dancer and a bat, Aleko, Mexico City, 1942; Hera, Helen of Troy,Detroit, MI, 1942; appeared in Graduation Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1944.
• Performed with Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo as principal dancer, Brahms Variations, Paris, 1947; principal dancer, Concerto Barocco and Pas de trois classique, both London, 1948; principal dancer, In Memoriam, street dancer in Le Beau Danube, and the miller's daughter and Jealousy, in Le Moulin enchante,all Paris, 1949; Mariucca in Les Femmes de bonne humeur, London, 1949; and as the ballerina in Petrushka, Barcelona, Spain, 1950. Appeared with the GrandBallet du Marquis de Cuevas as Tcherkessian maiden, Le Prisonnier du Caucase, Paris, 1951; in the title role, Dona Ines de Castro, Cannes, 1952; as L'Aigrette/L'Ange blanc, L'Aigrette, Cannes, 1953; as La Desesperee, Le Pont, Deauville, France, 1956; principal dancer, Le Mal du siecle, Brussels, Belgium, 1958; and as the Annunciation, Tryptique, Cannes, 1960. Also appeared in productions of The House Party, The Nutcracker Pas de deux, Capriccio Espagnol, Tally-ho!, Othello, Rouge et noir, Coppelia, and Serenade.
• Credits; Stage Work; Choreographer
• Henry VIII, Markova-Dolin Ballet, New York City, 1949.
• Pleasuredrome, Metropolitan Ballet, London, 1949.
• Salome, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, Paris, 1950.
• Scaramouche, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, 1951.
• Le-Chauve-Souris, Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 1966.
• (With Jasinsky, Skibine, and Terekoff) The Four Moons, Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival, 1967.
• The Sleeping Beauty, Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany, 1977.
• (With Franco Zeffirelli) Swan Lake, La Scala, Milan, Italy, 1985.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Neapolitan Carousel (also known as Carosello Napoletano), Lux, 1961.
• Ballerina, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sigma III, 1966.
• Also appeared in Le spectre de la danse, 1986.
• Credits; Film Choreographer
• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sigma III, 1966.
• Credits; Television Appearances
• Appeared on French television as the principal dancer in Concerto d'Aranjuez, 1958, as Le Rossignol in Le Rossignol et l'Empereur de Chine, 1960, andas the principal dancer in Fantasia par un gentilhomme, 1963. Appeared on Belgian television as the principal dancer in Lamenti de Monteverdi, 1962.

Further Reference

Books:

• International Dictionary of Ballet, edited by Martha Bremser, St.
• James Press (Detroit), 1993.
• Notable Native Americans, edited by Sharon Malinowski, Gale (Detroit), 1995.

Periodicals:

• Ballet News, December, 1980; August, 1985.
• Dance, July, 1981.
• Newsweek, November 6, 1967; p. 101-102.