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[rg]

this, sent today, April 28, from the press representative for New York Theater Ballet, where Sallie Wilson worked on the Tudor repertory:

I regret having to tell you that Sallie Wilson passed away last night.  Jack Anderson will be writing her obituary for the NY Times this week.

[Farrell Fan]

I'm so sorry to hear this. She was one of the greats -- unforgettable.

[EAW]

Her dancing was beautiful and projected a rare and powerful integrity....this is very sad.

[Dale]

Very sad news. An important dancer and important stager.

[richard53dog]

She was a wonderful dancer.

How very sad

[oberon]

One of my favorite dancers when I started going to the ballet in the 1970s...

[Rosa]

Very very sad news.

[Alina]

The dance world has certainly lost some very ,important, influential people lately. Ms. Wilson was certainly an important contributor in so many ways- as a dancer, an artist, and as a repetiteur. I was very sad to hear this news.

[Marga]

Sallie Wilson's obituary notice in BT hit me like a dagger to the heart.

Deep sadness.

"We meet but briefly in life. If we touch each other with stardust -- that is everything".

[Amy Reusch]

She couldn't have been so very old?   (or has time been flying again)

We've lost another light.

[Marga]

She just turned 76.

Here is a recent picture of Ms. Wilson working with New York Theatre Ballet. (Her age is incorrectly stated in the accompanying article.)

Sallie Wilson coaching

[carbro]

rg, on Apr 28 2008, 04:02 PM, said:

Jack Anderson will be writing her obituary for the NY Times this week.

It's up now.  http://www.nytimes.c...dan...n"&st=nyt

Her devotion to the essence of Tudor's ballets was palpable.  I hope she has a disciple as devoted and capable as herself to carry Tudor forward.

[zerbinetta]

Didn't Aire (sp?) Hynninen stage the Tudor R&J pas for NY Theatre Ballet? She did a fine job.

[carbro]

Yes, she did.  I have the sense though, that unlike the Balanchine Trust, there have been very few entrusted to restage Tudor works.

[atm711]

Such shocking news to wake up to this morning.  I cherish my memories of her as a teen-ager taking classes at Ballet Arts in Carnegie Hall.  We were excited for her because she was being auditioned for Ballet Theatre.  Rest in peace, Sallie.