(It's notable that ballet's other shining star, Mr. Ratmansky, made the opposite move, resigning as the director of the Bolshoi Ballet to become artist in residence at Ballet Theater, in order to focus on his own work).
Ms. Rommett attracted notable students from ballet, modern dance and musical theater, including Melissa Hayden and Lar Lubovitch.
Darci Kistler and Jock Soto, sometimes flanked by Alina Dronova and Amanda Edge with four couples, still move politely in a bland ballet notable mainly for its formal groupings.
His students over the years included Janet Reed, Scott Douglas, Onna White, Jocelyn Vollmar, Kent Stowell, Bart Cook and Michael Smuin, all of whom had notable careers in ballet and musical theater in the East as well as the West.
Over the last decade, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Jean Grand-Maître Grand-Maîtreidberg and just a few of the ballet notables who have also tried their hands at classical narrative.
Considered America's greatest classical choreographer, his ballets were notable for their diversity, brilliance, lyric beauty and humor.
Classical ballet has a notable lack of elite black dancers.
A televised victory against Tottenham Hotspur in snowy conditions proved particularly notable, becoming known as the Ballet on Ice.
Over the years, he did develop a number of recognizable signatures, including curved heels; pearl embellishments used in interesting ways (on the sole of a shoe, for example); and a notable disdain for the ubiquitous ballet flat.
