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

[Ilene Serlin]

Thanks for the personal story, Judith--it gave a lot of depth to the  
memory and image of Ruthanna.

Leni

On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Judith Bunney wrote:

> 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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