Giselle05 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Suki's birth name was indeed Suzanne, she changed it upon coming to NYCB because of the presence of two other Suzanne/Susan (Farrell and Pilarre) :-) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> She must have been prescient, because she joined NYCB in 1959, the year Diana Adams tapped Suzanne Farrell for SAB, and Susan Pilarre was still performing children's roles in The Nutcracker through the early 60's. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ahh :rolleyes: ...Just making sure you were paying attention! Link to comment
Helene Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Every once and a while we old people are Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Susan Pilarre was Suzie Pillersdorf in the early 60s. Link to comment
Hans Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Oh, to have known that back when I was at SAB.... Link to comment
tigger Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I thought she went by Suki before joining NYCB? At least, Joan Brady always calles her Suki in her autobiography and doesn't say anything about the name change. There's an interesting perspective of Ms Schorer in the Unmaking of a Dancer. The two went to school together in San Francisco, both ballet and academic, and eventually ended up in New York together. Link to comment
carbro Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Julie Burstein (guest host) interviewed Ms. Schorer on WNYC's Dec. 16 Leonard Lopate Show. To hear it, scroll down to "Best Foot Forward." http://wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/12162005 Link to comment
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