Talent Developed: Conversations With Masters in the Arts and Sciences: Eliot Feld: Innovator in Choreography and Dance Company Development

Rena F. Subotnik

Eliot Feld began his performance career as the Prince in Balanchine’s Nutcracker Suite. From there, he hit the Broadway stage in West Side Story, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, and Fiddler on the Roof, while appearing with the American Ballet Theatre, the American Ballet Company, and his own Feld Ballet. Since 1967, he has choreographed more than 100 ballets for every major company in the United States and around the world. Feld’s innovations in choreography are matched by his efforts at developing the talents of young dancers at Ballet Tech, a publicly funded secondary school for dancers.

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