Dobson, Deborah (c. 1950–)
Dobson, Deborah (c. 1950–)
American ballet dancer. Born c. 1950, in Sacramento, California; m. Jonas Kage.
Worked with Sacramento Civic Ballet during adolescence; joined American Ballet Theater (1969), where she created numerous roles including in Alvin Ailey's Sea-Change (1972) and Tomm Ruud's Polyandrion (1973); was featured in several company premieres including Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs, the Ballet Theater's production of La Fille Mal Gardée, and Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère (1974); moved to Europe with husband where she danced with Stuttgart Ballet in Germany (1974) and Geneva Ballet in Switzerland, among others.
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