Throwback Thursday and Otis Pearce
Otis Pearce (or Pierce) was born in
December 1912 in America. He became friends with Anton Dolin, the famous English ballet dancer who often performed with Alicia Markova. In a 1938 tour of the
Ballet Russe to Australia, Otis Pearce is listed as an “accompanying person” – not
one of the dancers.
This tour ended and the dancers,
including Dolin, traveled back to Sydney for a farewell performance on April
27, 1939. One ballet featured a scene from Swan Lake in which Pearce made an
appearance. He was described as the “gesturing but non dancing Evil Genius” –
presumably Rothbart. This program does list Pearce as a “dancer”. This is the
last time his whereabouts seem to be known.
Most of the Ballet Russe dancers then
sailed from Australia to the United States, and Dolin ended his time with de
Basil’s company. In America he joined a new company, Ballet Theatre (now ABT). But
what happened to Otis Pearce?
See my previous blog about the
mysterious dancing man of 1945 here: http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/search?q=dancing+man+of+1945 Is this man Otis Pearce?
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #257:
“Otis Pearce was an America who performed with the
Ballet Russe and mysteriously disappeared.”
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