John Clifford

      Besides being a well-known choreographer and ballet-master for the George Balanchine Trust (in the late 1960's thru the 1980's, he was considered to be George Balanchine's protege, and "heir apparent") Mr. Clifford has been a most popular guest teacher for some of the world's leading companies, and dancers.  He has given numerous classes for the Paris

Opera Ballet, The Bolshoi Ballet, The New York City Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, and the ballet companies of La Scala, Rome, and Florence, and both the Deutche Opera Ballet, and Staatsoper Ballet in Berlin.  He has also taught and choreographed for the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and a young, 18 year-old, Julio Bocca was first featured in Clifford's works.  Rudolph Nureyev, Evelyn Hart, Ghislaine Thesmar, and other luminaries have specifically invited Clifford to teach private classes for them.  Damian Woetzel, formerly principal dancer with the NYC Ballet, was a student of Clifford's from age 15 until he joined the NYC Ballet, and often cites Clifford as his primary influence regarding the Balanchine technique.

  This will be the first time Mr. Clifford will be teaching open classes.