Glen Tetley

Birth : 1926-02-03, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Death : 2007-01-26

History

Glen Tetley was an American ballet and modern dancer as well as a choreographer who mixed ballet and modern dance to create a new way of looking at dance, and is best known for his piece Pierrot Lunaire.

Movies

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Self - Former Dancer

Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

I Am a Dancer

Choreographer (segment "Field Figures")

Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dancer

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.