Background
Moore, Lillian was born on September 20, 1911 in Chase City, Virginia, United States. Daughter of William Cabler and Margaret Watkins (Goode) Moore.
Moore, Lillian was born on September 20, 1911 in Chase City, Virginia, United States. Daughter of William Cabler and Margaret Watkins (Goode) Moore.
Student Johns Hopkins. Studied dancing in Europe with Karsavina and Egorova, in New York, with Fokine, Vladimiroff, Vilzak, Balanchine, Galli, Weidman and Curtis.
Made debut as solo dancer in William Tell, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, at age of 16. Appeared with American Ballet in concert, opera and motion pictures. New York concert debut, McMillan Theater of Columbia University, 1938.
Solo dancer Metropolitan Opera Company, 1939-1942. Prima ballerina Cincinnati Summer Opera, 1940-1945. Charles Wagner Opera, 1943.
Guest artist Fokine Ballet, 1940. Concert appearances with Albertina Vitak in Introduction to the Ballet, 1940-1945. Ballet mistress National Grand Opera Company, San Juan, P.R., 1941, Cincinnati Summer Opera, 1941-1945.
Newark, Hudson, Trenton and Hartford opera companies, 1943-1946. Toured Pacific for United Service Organizations, 1945-1946. Toured Hawaii and Pacific Islands, 1945-1946, Germany, Belgium, France and Austria, 1947.
Toured Italy and Hungary, 1948, United States as concert soloist, 1951-1953. Only American participant International Music Festival, Vienna, Austria, 1948. Choreographer N.B.C. Opera Theatre on television, 1950.
Appeared Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, 1950-1952. Appeared New York City Summer Dance Festival, 1954. Acting curator dance collection New York Public Library, 1954.
Rockefeller grant research in ballet history, 1954. Member of faculty High School Performing Arts, New York City, 1950-1958, American Ballet Center, since 1958.
Member of faculty High School Performing Arts, New York City, 1950-1958, American Ballet Center, since 1958. Member President’s Advisory Committee on Arts, 1960-1962. Club: Appalachian Mountain.
Married David Craine Maclay, 1935.