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词条 Steven Melendez
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. References

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| name = Steven Melendez
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1986}}
| birth_place = Bronx, New York
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| education =
| occupation = Ballet dancer
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| current_group = New York Theatre Ballet
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}}Steven Melendez is an American classical dancer. He is a principal artist with the New York Theatre Ballet.[1] Formerly, he was a principal artist with the Estonian National Ballet[2] and a soloist with Ballet Concierto in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3]

Early life

Born in the Bronx, New York City, Melendez began his ballet training at Ballet School New York at the age of 7, when he was rescued from a New York City homeless shelter and enrolled in New York Theatre Ballet's Project LIFT.[4] He is also a graduate of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre[5]

Career

Melendez has performed internationally[3][6] in works by Antony Tudor, José Limón, Agnes deMille, George Balanchine, Sallie Wilson, Frederick Ashton and Richard Alston. In 2011 Melendez performed in the premiere of Alston's work A Rugged Flourish.[7] In 2008 Melendez premiered Uinuv Kaunitar by Swedish choreographer Pär Isberg at the Vanemuine Theater.[8]

Melendez was a 2012 Clive Barnes Award nominee[9] and was a finalist at the 5th Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition in Budapest, Hungary.[10][11] In 2013 Melendez spoke on the "Dancing Through Life, Living Through Dance" symposium as an alumnus of the Professional Children's School[12] Melendez performed with The Men Dancers: From the Horse’s Mouth at the 2012 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in honor of Ted Shawn[13]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Homeless Boy Becomes Rising Ballet Star|url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127619|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=August 31, 2004}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Mallozzi|first=Vincent|title=Small Steps, Big Dreams|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/small-steps-big-dreams/|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2009}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=New York Theatre Ballet, Dancers|url=http://NYTB.org/about-nytb/company-bios/Steven-Melendez/|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Schillinger|first=Liesl|title=DANCE: THIS WEEK; A Truly Fairy-Tale Prince|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/arts/dance-this-week-a-truly-fairy-tale-prince.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 14, 2003}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=JKO at ABT Alumni|url=http://www.abt.org/education/jko_school.asp|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Chaves|first=Katherine|title=La vida que hay detrás del ballet El Cascanueces|url=http://www.nacion.com/archivo/vida-detras-ballet-Cascanueces_0_1382261822.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=La Nacion|date=December 4, 2013}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|title=An Accomplished Premiere, Served Along With Other Flourishes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/arts/dance/a-richard-alston-premiere-by-new-york-theater-ballet-review.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 15, 2011}}
8. ^{{cite news|last=Hanson|first=Raimu|title=Tantsijad kuulutasid oma võimekust vähema säraga|url=http://tartu.postimees.ee/1819243/tantsijad-kuulutasid-oma-voimekust-vahema-saraga|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Postimees|date=October 7, 2008}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|title=Men Add Juice to Sugar Plums|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/arts/dance/new-men-of-nutcracker-papajohn-tilton-and-melendez.html|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 11, 2012}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=5th Rudolf Nureyev IBC, Archives|url=http://www.nureyevibc.com/archive/archive_5th/archive_5th_e.html|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=Vanemuise puertoricolane sai Ungaris balletiauhinna|url=http://tartu.postimees.ee/1768593/vanemuise-puertoricolane-sai-ungaris-balletiauhinna|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=Postimees|date=November 3, 2008}}
12. ^{{cite web|last=Dalzell|first=Jenny|title=Dance Magazine|url=http://www.dancemagazine.com/blogs/dance-glance/5480|work=Dancing Through Life|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web|last=Jowitt|first=Deborah|title=Men Dancing: Then and Now|url=http://www.artsjournal.com/dancebeat/2012/07/men-dancing-then-and-now/|accessdate=27 January 2014}}
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