Parker, Freidann
Biography
"Freidann Parker, a founder of the Colorado Ballet, died on Aug. 2 in Denver, where she lived. She was 77. Ms. Parker and Ms. Covillo, whom she met soon after, were unable to find performing jobs, so they opened a dance school in 1951... The company, originally called the Colorado Concert Ballet, grew out of the school 10 years later, and by 1976 had professional status. In 1987 the financially hard-pressed troupe allied with the Tampa Ballet. Tampa's director, Martin Fredmann, moved west in 1997 to direct the Colorado Ballet, though Ms. Parker and Ms. Covillo continued to be involved." Published: August 22, 2002 in New York Times.
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Freidann Parker, circa 1950
Freidann Parker poses at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Red Rocks Park in Morrison, Colorado.
Freidann Parker, circa 1950
Freidann Parker poses at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Red Rocks Park in Morrison, Colorado.
Freidann Parker at Red Rocks, between 1950-1959
Freidann Parker poses in silhouetted profile in a white dress at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Red Rocks Park in Morrison, Colorado.
Freidann Parker Modern Dance Photoshoot 3
Black and white photograph of Freidann Parker for the modern dance photoshoot.
Group Poses Outside Colorado Ballet Center, 1979
Vera Sears, Freidann Parker, Hanya Holm and Lillian Covillo stand outside of the Colorado Ballet Center in Denver, Colorado.
Susan Frei, Lawrence Pech, Lillian Covillo, Freidann Parker, and an unknown woman with a Vance Kirkland Painting from Colorado Ballet's ''Hildemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis'', 1985 October
Susan Frei and Lawrence Pech, principal dancers, with Colorado Ballet company founders, Lillian Covillo and Freidann Parker, and an unknown woman pose before a Vance Kirkland Painting, inspiration for Colorado Ballet's ''Hildemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis''
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