Mary Henry Day (January 25, 1910 – July 11, 2006) was an American ballet teacher and arts administrator. She was the founder of The Washington Ballet and served as its artistic director until 1997.
4-605: Mary Day may refer to: People [ edit ] Mary Day (dance teacher) (1910–2006), founder of The Washington Ballet Mary Anna Day (1852–1924), American botanist and librarian Mary E. Day , in the 2005 Supreme Court opinion Varian v. Delfino Mary L. Day (1836–?), American memoirist Mary Gage Day (1857–1935), American physician and medical writer Mary Louise Day (1968–2017), teenage girl who mysteriously disappeared from her home Days [ edit ] Marian feast days [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-609: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mary Day (dance teacher) Mary Henry Day was born on January 25, 1910, in Washington, D.C. , and grew up in Foggy Bottom . She began studying ballet when she was eleven years old. At fifteen she began studying ballet with Lisa Gardiner at the King Smith School. Day then moved to England where she studied at
12-539: The Royal Academy of Dance . After she graduated, she returned to Washington and taught private dance lessons and choreographed children's ballets at local high schools. Day co-founded The Washington School of Ballet with Lisa Gardiner in 1944. She became the sole director of the school in 1958, after Gardiner's death. In 1967 she reorganized the school and founded an associated professional company, The Washington Ballet . In 1997 she announced she would retire from
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