Harkness Ballet History

Harkness Ballet

(from FindTarget.com at http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Harkness%20Ballet/) The Harkness Ballet (1964-1975) was a major New York ballet company named after its founder Rebekah Harkness. Harkness inherited her husband’s fortune in Standard Oil holdings and was a dance lover. Established in 1964, giving its debut performance in Cannes in 1965, with George Skibine as director, Marjorie Tallchief as ballerina and a repertory featuring work by Alvin Ailey, Skibine, Eric B...