{"id":16022,"date":"2022-05-30T10:33:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T10:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=16022"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","slug":"janise-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/janise-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"Janise Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janise Turner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Capitol Ballet<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Janise Turner and James Thurston<\/a> in a scene from Swan Lake<\/em>. Photo via The Pittsburgh Courier<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Janise Turner was born ca. 1948 and grew up in Washington D.C. She performed with the Capitol Ballet on May 29, 1964 at the Cramton Auditorium at Howard University. The company performed Doris Jones\u2019 <\/span>Color<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Bach for Six<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Flair for Movement<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Turner also appeared alongside James Thurston<\/a> at the Jones-Haywood School\u2019s annual show, performing the lead role in a scene from <\/span>Swan Lake<\/span><\/i> at only 13 years old. <\/span>The Pittsburgh Courier <\/span><\/i>said that she \u201cperformed with a maturity that made devotees of the dance forget her tender years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n

Washingtonians Dig Ballet, The Pittsburgh Courier<\/a>
\nThe Washington Post<\/i>, June 7th 1964, p. G<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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