Elena Carter Richardson
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Elena Carter Richardson (26 December 1948 – 4 February 2006) was an American
ballerina
and dance instructor.
Born and raised in Mexico City
, Mexico
, she trained at the Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán, going on to be a principal dancer at Compania Nacional de Danza, and with Ballet Classico 70.
Richardson later joined Dance Theatre of Harlem
and toured the world as a principal before taking time off to have children in 1982. She moved to Portland, Oregon
and became a principal in Pacific Ballet Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre as well as a faculty member in the Performing Arts Program at Jefferson High School and at DaVinci Arts Middle School.
Richardson was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and succumbed to the disease in 2006.
United States
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ballerina
Ballerina
A ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino...
and dance instructor.
Born and raised in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
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, she trained at the Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán, going on to be a principal dancer at Compania Nacional de Danza, and with Ballet Classico 70.
Richardson later joined Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem is a ballet company and school of the allied arts founded in Harlem, New York City, USA in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook...
and toured the world as a principal before taking time off to have children in 1982. She moved to Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
and became a principal in Pacific Ballet Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre as well as a faculty member in the Performing Arts Program at Jefferson High School and at DaVinci Arts Middle School.
Richardson was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and succumbed to the disease in 2006.