| 词条 | Felisa Vanoff |
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| name =Felisa Vanoff | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Phyllis Elizabeth Caputo | birth_date = June 11, 1925 | birth_place = Ambridge, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|05|29|1925|06|11|mf=yes}} | death_place = Beverly Hills, California | death_cause = Cancer | resting_place = Sun Valley, Idaho | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Beverly Hills, California | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Dancer, choreographer, producer, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Nick Vanoff | children = Nicholas Jr. Flavio | parents = Eugene Caputo Velma Lindway | relatives = | box_width = }} Phyllis Elizabeth (Felisa) Vanoff (June 11, 1925 – May 29, 2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, producer, and philanthropist. Early life and educationPhyllis Elizabeth Caputo was born on June 11, 1925, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] Her father, Eugene Caputo, was a Pennsylvania State Representative, and her mother, Velma Lindway, was an artist.[1][2][4] Shortly after she graduated from high school, she moved from Pennsylvania to Manhattan. There she lived at a boarding house and studied with Vincenzo Celli of the Ballet Russe.[2][3][9] She then traveled to Mexico City for eighteen months of training with Jose Fernandez, learning flamenco and other Spanish dances.[1][9] CareerDuring World War II, Vanoff performed in United Service Organizations Camp Shows in the Pacific, touring the Philippines, Korea, and Japan. By the end of the war she had earned a captaincy in the United States Army.[1][2][3] Returning to New York City, she became the lead dancer in Charles Weidman's Dance Theatre.[1][2] She went on to take part in musical performances with Peter Hamilton.[1][2] Later, she was featured on the Fred Waring and Billy Rose television programs.[1][2] In 1948, she became the first woman choreographer for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, a dramatic student society at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][5] The following year, she joined the New York City Opera as a lead dancer, appearing in productions like Carmen and Don Giovanni; she was also the company's assistant choreographer.[1][2] In 1953, she joined the John Butler Dance Theatre where she spent two years as lead dancer, often performing alongside Glen Tetley.[1][2] In 1987, she oversaw the Joffrey Ballet's recreation of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.[1][2] She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1994 for her co-produced musical City of Angels.[1][2] Other choreographic roles included the musical Carousel, which starred Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander;[1] Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows;[1][2] and Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas in Salzburg.[1][6] With her husband, Nick Vanoff, she also choreographed numerous Kennedy Center Honors shows.[1] PhilanthropyWith her husband, she co-founded the Vanoff Family Foundation, a philanthropic foundation headquartered in Hollywood, California, in 1984.[7] Vanoff later worked with Gordon Davidson to set up an annual charity dinner known as Salon at the Taper,[1][2] the proceeds of which went to Nick's Tix, a philanthropic organization providing access to Los Angeles Music Center concerts for low-income groups like the handicapped, the elderly, and young people.[1][2] As a member of the Board of Directors of the Joffrey Ballet, Vanoff was credited as a driving force in its move to Los Angeles.[1][2] She also helped organize fundraising events for the Joffrey Ballet, known as "Patron Nights", with interior designer Patti Skouras.[8] Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Colleagues,[1] the Heinz Awards,[5] and the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center.[2] She took part in the Great Wagon Days Duck Race, an annual fundraising event organized by the Ketchum/Sun Valley Rotary Club in Rotary Park, a public park in Ketchum, Idaho.[9] She also donated to the St Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum, Idaho.[10] Vanoff was a donor to the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, a summer festival in Sun Valley, Idaho.[11] She was also a "Bronze Sponsor" of the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce.[12] PersonalShe met her husband, Nick Vanoff (1929-1991), when both were dancers in the New York City Opera in the 1950s.[2][13] They had two sons, Nicholas Jr. and Flavio.[1][13] They resided in Beverly Hills, California, and also owned an 8,500-square-foot house in Malibu, once rented by Edgar Bronfman, Jr., which she sold to Peter O'Malley in 2000.[3][14] The Vanoff Black Box Theater at the Brooks School, a private boarding school in North Andover, Massachusetts from which their son Nicholas Jr. graduated in 1980, is named after her and her husband.[15] DeathShe died of cancer on May 29, 2014, at her private residence in Beverly Hills at the age of eighty-nine.[1] She was buried in Sun Valley, Idaho, her favorite winter skiing resort.[1][2][5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 {{cite web |first=Carmel|last=Dagan|url=https://variety.com/2014/legit/people-news/felisa-vanoff-dancer-patron-of-the-arts-dies-at-89-1201217371/ |title=Felisa Vanoff, Dancer, Patron of the Arts, Dies at 89|work=Variety|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=7 July 2014}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 {{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/felisa-vanoff-dead-dancer-choreographer-710518|title=Felisa Vanoff, Former Dancer and Choreographer, Dies at 89 |date=9 June 2014|accessdate=6 July 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|first=John L.|last=Seitz|url=http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-revered-beverly-hills-philanthropist-patron-arts-felisa-vanoff-dead-89/2014/06/12|title=Beverly Hills News – Revered Beverly Hills Philanthropist, Patron Of Arts, Felisa Vanoff Dead At 89|work=The Beverly Hills Courier|date=12 June 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614233928/http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-revered-beverly-hills-philanthropist-patron-arts-felisa-vanoff-dead-89/2014/06/12|archivedate=14 June 2014|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19790602&id=sEQNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ym0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4271,155291 |title=Velma Lindway Caputo|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2 June 1979|accessdate=7 July 2014}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2014/06/26/Obituary-Felisa-Vanoff-Groundbreaking-dancer-choreographer/stories/201406220253|title=Obituary: Felisa Vanoff / Groundbreaking dancer and choreographer, June 11, 1924 – May 29, 2014 |first=Emma S.|last=Brown|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=25 June 2014|accessdate=7 July 2014}} 6. ^Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas (TV), Paley Center for Media 7. ^Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors, New York: Foundation Center, p. 237 8. ^Marylouise Oates, The Joffrey Ballet's Parties for Patrons Are Too, Too Divine, The Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1987 9. ^Megan Thomas, A quack of a time: Duck race benefits community {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20140717223724/http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=10140 |date=2014-07-17 }}, Idaho Mountain Express 10. ^St Luke's River 2010 Donors 11. ^[https://www.svsummersymphony.org/sites/default/files/archives/2011-fall-season-review.pdf Reflecting on the 2011 Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728122531/https://www.svsummersymphony.org/sites/default/files/archives/2011-fall-season-review.pdf |date=2014-07-28 }}, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, p. 10 12. ^National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce: Los Angeles Leadership Awards 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309110510/http://www.thetaskforce.org/events/leadership_awards_and_recognition_dinner/lala08_recap |date=2011-03-09 }} 13. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/obituaries/nick-vanoff-61-former-dancer-who-became-successful-producer.html|title=Nick Vanoff, 61, Former Dancer Who Became Successful Producer|first=Eleanor|last=Blau|date=22 March 1991|accessdate=7 July 2014|work=The New York Times}} 14. ^Danielle Reed, [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB971389169620690001 Private Properties: Bat Cave for Less], The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2000 15. ^'Vanoff Black Box Theater', Brooks Bulletin, Spring 2010, p. 14 External links
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