Dennis Wayne Has Died

[miliosr]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/obituaries/dennis-wayne-charismatic-dancer-with-leading-troupes-dies-at-72.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdance&action=click&contentCollection=dance&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

[vipa]

Such an interesting person. My husband was in his company and learned a lot. Some lessons were not very easy! BTW Wayne's former wife Helene Roux was a beautiful and sensitive dancer with exquisite port de bras and musicality. Does anyone know what happened to her?

[duffster]

I danced with Dennis when I was with the Harkness Ballet.  We performed the monster Bats in Brian Mac Donald's Firebird-  he was a great partner- never dropping me in the awkward and dangerous lifts. He was outstanding in John Butler's Sebastian, Mac Donald's Time out of Mind,and the friend in Monument for a dead boy by Van Dantzig.  He was a prankster- one time (during a rehearsal of a ballet he did not like), when the balletmaster left the room- jumped up and changed the hands on the clock by 15 min. so we could get out earlier.  We all loved him. RIP Dennis

[Drew]

Sad news...May he rest in peace.