Heidi Vosseler

Heide Vosseler (1918–1992) was a European-born ballerina and member of George Balanchine's first American ballet company, American Ballet, from 1935 to 1938. She performed in his first American ballet, Serenade,[1] in his Alma Mater,[2] in two productions he choreographed for the Metropolitan Opera,[3][4][5] and was featured in two Broadway musicals he choreographed, The Boys from Syracuse[6] and Louisiana Purchase in which she understudied and appeared for Vera Zorina.[7] Her sister Mardee was also a ballerina.[8]

Miss Vosseler married tap dancer Paul Draper on June 23, 1941, in Rio de Janeiro[9] and lived with him in Europe until returning to the United States in 1954.[10] They had three daughters, Pamela, Susan and Kate. She died of lung cancer at her home in Woodstock, NY, 74 years old.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sunday NY Times, February 24, 1935
  2. ↑ NY Times, September 27, 1935
  3. ↑ NY Times, February 5, 1938
  4. ↑ NY Times, August 8, 1935
  5. ↑ NY Times by H. Howard Taubman, April 13, 1938th
  6. ↑ NY Times, November 24, 1938
  7. ↑ NY Times, December 17, 1940
  8. ↑ NY Times, November 3, 1941
  9. ↑ NY Times, July 14, 1941
  10. ↑ NY Times, June 21, 1941

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