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Prolific dancer John Jones<\/a><\/strong> left Jerome Robbins\u2019 ballet company Ballet U.S.A. in 1968. One of his most notable performances was his pas de deux in Passage for Two<\/em> with white dancer Wilma Curley\u2014an interracial pairing which was unheard of. He was also noted for his performance in Robbins\u2019 <\/span>Age of Anxiety <\/span><\/i>ballet in the section \u201cAn Entertainment.”<\/span><\/p>\n See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n John Jones, IBDB<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keith Lee, a native New Yorker, graduated from the High School of Performing Arts and studied at Harkness House for Ballet Arts, which was sponsored by heiress Rebekah Harkness. He joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1968.<\/i><\/i> Keith Lee<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s repertoire included the choreography of such luminaries as Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes DeMille, Lar Lubovitch, and Jerome Robbins. Lee was able to perform in ballets such as George Balanchine’s <\/span>Theme and Variations <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Etudes. <\/span><\/i>Prolific choreographer Antony Tudor left a profound effect on Lee as a mentor and cast him in the fifth variation of <\/span>Dark Elegies. <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Photo of Keith Lee<\/a> Ballet\/Dance History<\/strong><\/p>\n Feb: Ward Fleming<\/a>, founder of Ballet Americana\/New York Negro Ballet, performs in West Side Story<\/em> in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n American History<\/b><\/p>\n Jan 22: Apollo 5 launches to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made.<\/span> World History<\/b><\/p>\n Feb 1: Saigon police chief Nguy\u1ec5n Ng\u1ecdc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguy\u1ec5n V\u0103n L\u00e9m with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.<\/span> Arts & Sciences<\/b><\/p>\n Jan 8: <\/span>Jacques Cousteau<\/a>‘s first undersea special airs on network TV.<\/span> Human & Civil Rights<\/b><\/p>\n Feb 4: Around 100 Indians and Pakistanis from Kenya arrive in Britain, escaping discrimination.<\/span> Sports<\/b><\/p>\n Mar 4: Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title.<\/span> 1968 John Jones leaves Jerome Robbins’ Ballet U.S.A. John Jones leaves legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins\u2019 short-lived company Ballet U.S.A. (1956-1962). Prolific dancer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"timeline-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-timeline"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12199,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/12199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLeaping a Generation Gap to Revive a Robbins Ballet, New York Times<\/a>
\nJerome Robbins, New York City Ballet<\/a>
\nBallets: U.S.A. records, New York Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0Keith Lee joins American Ballet Theatre<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\nNew Strides for Black Dancers, Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOther Happenings in 1968<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nFeb 1: Former US VP<\/span> Richard Nixon<\/a> announces candidacy for president.<\/span>
\nFeb 14: Pennsylvania Railroad\/NYC Central merge into Penn Central.<\/span>
\nMar 16: <\/span>Robert F. Kennedy<\/a> announces presidential campaign.<\/span>
\nMar 18: Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve.<\/span>
\nJun 6: Senator <\/span>Robert F. Kennedy<\/a> dies from his wounds after he is shot the previous night.<\/span>
\nJun 26: Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands are returned to Japan by US.<\/span>
\nOct 31: US President<\/span> Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFeb 7: Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls.<\/span>
\nMar 3: Greek, Portuguese, and Spanish embassies are bombed in the Hague.<\/span>
\nMar 7: The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television.<\/span>
\nMar 21: Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases.<\/span>
\nApr 18: Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms.<\/span>
\nMay 27:<\/span> The meeting of the Union Nationale des \u00c9tudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.<\/span>
\nMay 30: President De Gaulle disbands French parliament.<\/span>
\nJun 3: Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins.<\/span>
\nJun 8: Bermuda adopts its constitution.<\/span>
\nJul 29: Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled “Humanae Vitae” (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited.<\/span>
\nAug 24: France becomes the world’s fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.<\/span>
\nSept 6: Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day).<\/span>
\nSept 13: Albania leaves Warsaw pact.<\/span>
\nSept 27: France denies UK entry into common market.<\/span>
\nDec 28: Israeli assault on Beirut Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFeb 8: Planet of the Apes<\/em> premieres in New York City.<\/span>
\nFeb 19: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood<\/em> debuts on NET (now PBS).<\/span>
\nMar 11: Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for “Dock of the Bay.”<\/span>
\nMar 15: LIFE magazine calls <\/span>Jimi Hendrix<\/a> “most spectacular guitarist in the world.”<\/span>
\nApr 4: US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.<\/span>
\nApr 29: Hair<\/em> opens at Biltmore Theater, NYC; lasts for 1750 performances.<\/span>
\nJun 12: Horror film Rosemary’s Baby<\/em>, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ira Levin, premieres in NY.<\/span>
\nJul 1: <\/span>John Lennon<\/a>‘s first full art exhibition debuts.<\/span>
\nSept 8: Funny Girl<\/em> with<\/span> Barbra Streisand<\/a> premieres.<\/span>
\nSept 24: 60 Minutes<\/em> premieres on CBS.<\/span>
\nOct 22: Apollo 7 returns to Earth.<\/span>
\nOct 30: Nobel prize for physics is awarded to Luis Alvarez.<\/span>
\nNov 14: First European lung transplant is performed.<\/span>
\nDec 21: Apollo 8\u2014first manned Moon voyage is launched with <\/span>Frank Borman<\/a>, Jim Lovell, and William Anders.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFeb 29: National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism & demands aid for Black people.<\/span>
\nMar 4:<\/span> Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a> announces plans for Poor People’s Campaign.<\/span>
\nApr 11: US President<\/span> Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.<\/span>
\nJun 18: Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing.<\/span>
\nJun 20: Austin Currie, then Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont, and other Irish civil rights activists, protest discrimination in the allocation of housing by “squatting” (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMar 21: “Royals” is chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise.<\/span>
\nJun 9: 67th Women’s French Open\u2014Nancy Richey beats Ann Jones (5-7, 6-4, 6-1).<\/span>
\nJun 24: <\/span>Joe Frazier<\/a> TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.<\/span>
\nJul 6: 75th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis\u2014<\/span>Billie Jean King<\/a> beats J. Tegart (97 75).<\/span>
\nJul 21: 55th Tour de France is won by Jan Janssen of Netherlands.<\/span>
\nAug 25: <\/span>Arthur Ashe<\/a> becomes first African American to win the US singles championship.<\/span>
\nOct 26:<\/span> George Foreman<\/a> wins gold for USA at Mexico Olympic games (Heavyweight boxing).<\/span>
\nNov 26: 34th Heisman Trophy Award goes to O.J. Simpson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"