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Born in Greiz, East Germany in
1941, Karin von Aroldingen began
her dance studies with Tatiana
Gsovsky at the age of eleven. After
passing her state exams in dance
history and technique, Miss von
Aroldingen joined the Frankfurt
Ballet as a first soloist. Her former
teacher was the new ballet mistress
of this company and Miss von
Aroldingen was cast in Miss
Gsovsky's remounting of George
Balanchine's The Seven Deadly
Sins as the dancing Anna,
opposite Lotte Lenya as the
singing
Anna.
Miss Lenya was so impressed by
Miss von Aroldingen's dancing
that she arranged for her to
audition for Mr. Balanchine. At
that time Balanchine could not
take her into the New York City
Ballet, but two months later offered
her a place in the corps de ballet.
She finished her season with the
Frankfurt Ballet, moved to New
York and joined New York City
Ballet in 1962, becoming a soloist
in 1967, and a principal dancer in
1972. She remained with the
company until her retirement in
1984.
In 1972, she created a leading role
in Balanchine's Stravinsky
Violin Concerto, a role in
which she has never been equalled.
Her other roles with the company
included the Siren in Prodigal
Son, and leading roles in
Serenade, Movements for Piano
and Orchestra, Liebeslieder
Walzer, Who Cares?, Scherzo a la
Russe, Variations pour une Porte
et un Soupir (pas de deux),
Vienna Waltzes, Kammermusik
No.2, and Robert
Schumann's
"Davidsbundlertanze".
Miss von Aroldingen never missed
a performance in her career even
when pregnant with her daughter.
After retiring she continued her
association with the New York City
Ballet and the School of American
Ballet where she taught children's
classes and acted as a scout for
potential students. She has also
staged Balanchine's works for
other companies, among them
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
in 1987 for American Ballet
Theatre. Upon Balanchine's death
in 1983, she became heir to the
rights to several of his
ballets.
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