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David Nillo

Choreographer

David Nillo born in Goldsboro, N.C. According to the Times, he studied in Chicago with ballet teacher Bentley Stone, and Kurt Graff, a German modern. He stayed in the Windy City to dance with the Page-Stone Ballet, run by Stone and Ruth Page, the Graff Ballet and the Federal Theater Dance Project. He then moved to New York in 1939, he studied ballet with Anton Dolin, Antony Tudor and Edward Caton and modern dance with Hanya Holm. He joined Ballet Theater for its first season in 1940.

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  • Born: Jul 13, 1918 in Goldsboro, NC, USA
  • Death: Sep 28, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Roles (13)

The Desert Song Playbill - Sept 1973 The Desert Song
Opened September 05, 1973
  • Choreographer
Double Dublin Playbill - Dec 1963 Double Dublin
Opened December 26, 1963
  • Musical numbers edited
Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Goldilocks
Opened October 11, 1958
  • as Dancer (Original)
Maggie Playbill - Feb 1953 Maggie
Opened February 18, 1953
  • as Dancer (Original)
Out of this World Playbill - Dec 1950 Out of This World
Opened December 21, 1950
  • as Dancer (Original)
  • as Strephon (Understudy - Original)
Great to Be Alive! Playbill - March 1950 Great to Be Alive!
Opened March 23, 1950
  • as Jonathan (Original)
  • as Dancer (Original)
Call Me Mister Playbill - Oct 1946 Call Me Mister
Opened April 18, 1946
  • as A Civilian (Original)
  • as Ex-G.I. (Original)
  • as Marine (Original)
  • as The Boy (Ballet) (Original)
Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Gizelle
Opened February 11, 1941
  • as Hilarion (Original)
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