Maria Clare Grandy

Background

Grandy, Maria Clare was born on January 28, 1937 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Robert Henry and Mary Frances (Pilkington) Grandy.

Education

Graduated from high school, Portland, 1955.

Career

Dancer, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, New York City, 1955-1957; dancer, Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet, New York City, 1957; ballet teacher, Joffrey Ballet School, New York City, 1963-1975; associate director, Joffrey II Dancers, New York City, 1975-1984; artistic director, Joffrey II Dancers, New York City, 1984-1985; executive director, Dance Notation Bureau, New York City, 1985-1986; reconstructed, Leonide Massine's Le Tricorne, Vienna State Opera Ballet, 1988; faculty member, The Juilliard School, fall 1988. Member dance panel New York State Council for the Arts, 1983-1987.

Achievements

• Maria Clare Grandy has been listed as a noteworthy Master teacher, ballet director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association for Regional Ballet (board directors 1975-1987), Dance Notation (board directors since 1986), José Limon Dance Foundation (board directors since 1990).

Connections

Married Seymour Schorr, December 19, 1959. Children— Allegra Ann, Lydia Robin.

Father:

Robert Henry Grandy

Mother:

Mary Frances (Pilkington) Grandy

Spouse:

Seymour Schorr

child:

Allegra Ann Grandy

child:

Lydia Robin Grandy