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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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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