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Peggy Willis-Aarnio (born January 12, 1948) is an American choreographer, historian, author and teacher of classical ballet. She was a professional dancer in the early 1970s with the Ft. Worth Ballet in Fort Worth, Texas.〔 She was the first American ballet teacher to be sanctioned as a “Certified Practitioner and Teacher of the Teaching Method of Classical Ballet” by the Vaganova Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia.〔Chandler, Chip. (2001, FEB 18). (Russian ballet dances for amarillo texas tech professor choreographs piece ).Amarillo Globe News. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕〔Zuchowski, Dave. (2003, March 23). (The arts: Russian ballet at its most classic comes to washington ). Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕〔(P.C. native to choreograph classical ballet in russia ). (1995, AUG 13). Panama City News Herald. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕 == Career == Peggy Willis-Aarnio is a Professor Emeritus and former head of the Dance Program in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.〔Klinkerman, Liesl. (2001, NOV 30) (Students showcase their talents at the fall dance concert tonight ). Daily Toreador. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕 She retired from active teaching after thirty-one years, but remains on the Graduate Faculty. She received her B.F.A. and her M.F.A. Degrees from Texas Christian University in 1970 and 1972.〔Hedlund, Cheryl. (1998, June 01) (Teaching faculty ). Retrieved 19 April 2014〕 She studied with John Barker of New York, and Valentina Roumiantseva of the Vaganova Ballet Academy of Saint-Petersburg, Russia.〔(Ballet company prepares world premiere for kerrville ). (1999, OCT 05). The Kerrville Times. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕 In 1992, she received an invitation to complete her advanced level pedagogical studies in Teaching Method at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 2002, she received her Ph.D. from Mellon University. Peggy Willis-Aarnio choreographed more than 80 original ballets, including ''Dracula: The Ballet'' which aired on PBS in 1982.〔 She created over 70 original ballets and modern ballet works for Texas Tech University students.〔 She also created two Classical Ballets for The (Saint-Petersburg State and Academic Ballet ) (under the direction of Askold Makarov) and their guest soloist, Prima Ballerina Assoluta'', Galina Mezentseva.〔〔Graeme, Chris. (1995, AUG 1). (Russia's most famous swan comes home again ). The Moscow Times. Retrieved 19 April 2014〕 She created the ''Diamond Ballet'' in 1999 for the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Konstantin Tatchkine.〔〔Simmons, Tony (2002, Nov 17). (The Lady takes a Bow ). The News Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2014〕 Other works by Peggy Willis-Aarnio are, ''Beethoven: A Classical Inspiration'' (2000) ''The Bluegrass Fantasy'' (2005) and ''The Seven Last Words of Christ'' (2007) (based on the production by Iris Hensley) choreographed for the Saint-Petersburg Classic Ballet Theatre of Marina Medvetskaya. Willis-Aarnio’s writings include, ''Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) : her place in the history of ballet and her impact on the future of classical dance'', published in 2002 and the ''How to Teach Classical Ballet Series''. She also wrote, directed and supervised the series, ''Music for the Classical Ballet Lesson'' with Ludmilla Petrovna Vlasenko as pianist and wrote,directed and narrated the video series, ''Classical Ballet Lesson'' which featured Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Galina Mezentseva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peggy Willis-Aarnio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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