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Robert Moulton Biography (1922-)

Addresses: Home: 48 Melbourne Avenue, S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55414; Office: 110 Rarig Center, 330 21st Avenue S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455.

Mr. Moulton has served as a teacher of stage movement at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and has conducted workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada. He was the artistic director of the Stage Coach Opera Company,1962-72, specializing in melodramas and 19th-century operettas.

Nationality

American

Occupation

choreographer, director, educator

Birth Details

July 20, 1922

Dodge Center, Minnesota

Famous Works

• Debut
• Vaudeville Dancer, Fargo, ND, 1930.
• Principal Stage Work, Choreography
• Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company: Grassland, 1958, Brave Song,1959, Beggar's Ballet, 1963; Canadian Contemporary Dancers: Rondo ad Absurdum, 1967, True Believer, 1968, Bach Is Beautiful, 1970, 7 Rituals, 1972; Calgary Dance Theatre: Nickel Dances, 1971, Bachanelle, 1972; Duluth Civic Ballet: Turned on Bach,1973; Stage Coach Opera Company (adapted, directed, choreographed): Geisha, Belle of New York, Merry Widow, Black Crook, Floradora, Forty-five Minutesfrom Broadway, The Last Days of Pompeii, The Count of Monte Cristo, The ThreeMusketeers, 1962-72.
• Principal Stage Work, Directed And Choreographed
• El Capitan, Minnesota Opera Company, 1973 and 1975: Die Fledermaus, Duluth Civic Opera, 1974; Pirates of Penzance, Merry Widow, Minnesota Opera Company, 1980.
• Opera Choreography
• Patience, Amahl and the Night Visitors, L'enfant prodigue, Down inthe Valley, The Consul.
• Stage Choreography
• Camille, Guthrie, Minneapolis, MN, 1980, The Emperor's NewClothes, Rainbow, Winnipeg, Canada, 1979.
• Theatre-Related Career
• Professor of Theatre Arts, University of Minnesota, 1949-84; artistic director, University of Minnesota Theatre, 1980-84.
• Plays, Produced
• Musical (book), Jesse James, 1976.