[Adta] Ruthanna Boris 3/17/17 - 1/5/07

[Judith Bunney]

Dear ADTA Members,

It is with sadness that I must now inform you of the death of  Ruthanna Boris on Friday morning 1/5/07 at a hospice in CA, after a protracted illness.  She was a former ADTA member and would have been 90 on St. Patrick's day.   We spoke many times about her life and her journey and how she had hoped to finish several projects as she knew she was dying.   She said she was "curious" about her final day and not afraid.

Ruthanna was a student of the American School of Ballet in NYC from childhood.   Later, George Balanchine, "Mr. B" brought her into the New York City Ballet as a ballerina.   She also had danced with the Ballet Russe, touring Europe and the US by train.   There is a beautiful picture of her in the recent documentary film about the various troupes:  Ballets Russes.     

 Ruthanna met Marian Chace in the mid sixties and trained with her to become a dance therapist.   At ADTA conferences they would share past experiences as performers on tour which became a strong bond.   Marian introduced Ruthanna to me at about the same time at a Chestnut Lodge Symposium.  I enjoyed her colorful tales of people in the ballet world, whom I had seen on stage as a child and
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