Clark Tippet (October 5, 1954 in
Parsons, Kansas
Parsons is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,600. It is the most populous city of Labette County, and the second-most populous city in the southeastern region of Kansas. ...
– January 28, 1992 in Parsons, Kansas) was a
danseur and choreographer. He was a member of the
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...
company in
New York City. Among other roles, he was the male Spanish Dancer in
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...
's production of
Tchaikovsky's ballet ''
The Nutcracker''. The production was first televised in 1977.
Sources
American Ballet Theatre - Clark Tippet BiographyPOBA , Where the Arts Live: Clark Tippet Biography
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American choreographers
1954 births
1992 deaths
American male ballet dancers
People from Parsons, Kansas
20th-century American ballet dancers