Sullivan was born in Montreal, and trained at the ê_cole des beaux-arts and was at the forefront of the Automatiste movement, with painter Paul-ê_mile Borduas, in Quebec, and was among the signers of the group's 1948 manifesto, Refus global.
A retrospective of her work was held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2003; a book about her dance philosophy, From Automatism to Modern Dance: Fran‹oise Sullivan with Franziska Boas in New York was published by the Dance Collective Press in Toronto.
The season, opening September 22, will feature 48 ballets, including five world premieres and farewells for two longtime dancers.
Kaija Saariaho's final opera has its Met premiere April 6.
The weekend of dance and celebration benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program within Broadway Cares.
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