Diana Adams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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US dancer, leading dancer for the New York Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and a favorite of George Balanchine, later became a teacher and a dean at the School of American Ballet
Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1926
Place of Birth: Staunton, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 10-Jan-1993
Profession: dancer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Diana Adams
- Diana Adams (March 29, 1926 – January 10, 1993) was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine, later becoming a teacher at — and dean of — the School of American Ballet. Adams was born in Staunton, Virginia and died in San Andreas, California, though lived in Arnold, California.Diana Adams was one of George Balanchine’s “muses” at New York City Ballet and he created roles for her in a series of great ballets: Western Symphony, Ivesiana, Divertimento #15, Agon, Stars and Stripes, Episodes, Monumentum Pro Gesualdo, and Liebeslieder Walzer.
- According to Jacques D’Amboise’s memoirs, Balanchine also created roles on her in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Figure in the Carpet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Movements for Piano and Orchestra, although she did not dance in the premieres due to illness or injury.
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