Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) | Full Cast

Emile Ardolino

DIRECTOR

Matthew Diamond

DIRECTOR

Don Mischer

DIRECTOR

Judy Kinberg

DIRECTOR

Twyla Tharp

DIRECTOR

Thomas Grimm

DIRECTOR

David Hinton

DIRECTOR

Madison D. Lacy

DIRECTOR

Catherine Tatge

DIRECTOR

Peter Martins

Self

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self

Suzanne Farrell

Self

Merrill Ashley

Divertimento, The Four Temperaments - Sanguinic

Ángel Corella

Prince Siegfried

Maria Calegari

Divertimento

Herman Cornejo

Benno, friend to Siegfried

Adam Luders

Self

Heather Watts

Self

Edward Villella

ACTOR

Patricia McBride

Self

Evelyn Cisneros

Self

Melissa Allen

Self

Anna Spelman

Self

Amy Rose

Self

Ethan Stiefel

Oberon

Stella Abrera

Hermia

Julio Bragado-Young

Aristocrat

Marian Butler

Aristocrat

Ann Reinking

Self - Performer

Gillian Murphy

Odette

Tracy Bennett

Divertimento

Ben Vereen

Performer

Toni Bentley

ACTOR

Eugene Fleming

Performer

Marcelo Gomes

von Rothbart, an Evil Sorcerer

Elyse Borne

ACTOR

Edwaard Liang

Performer

Isaac Stappas

von Rothbart, an Evil Sorcerer

Victoria Bromberg

ACTOR

Dana Moore

Performer

Georgina Parkinson

Queen Mother

Ken Alan

Performer

Frederic Franklin

Wolfgang, the Tutor

Stephen Caras

The Four Temperaments - Theme 1

Brad Anderson

Performer

Victor Castelli

Divertimento

Mark Arvin

Performer

Bart Robinson Cook

The Four Temperaments - Melancholic

Ashley Bachner

Performer

Daniel Duell

The Four Temperaments - Sanguinic

Lynne Calamia

Performer

Renee Estopinal

The Four Temperaments - Theme 2

Marc Calamia

Performer

J.P. Christensen

Performer

Nina Federova

ACTOR

Dylis Croman

Performer

Judith Fugate

ACTOR

Byron Easley

Performer

Lisa Hess

ACTOR

Parker Esse

Performer

Linda Helen Homek

ACTOR

Meg Gillentine

Performer

Delores Houston

ACTOR

Suzanne Harrer

Performer

Kipling Houston

The Four Temperaments - Theme 3

Anne Hawthorne

Performer

Jay Jolley

ACTOR

Scott Jovovich

Performer

Lourdes López

ACTOR

James Kinney

Performer

Susan Lamontagne

Performer

Deborah Leamy

Performer

Catherine Morris

ACTOR

Robin Lewis

Performer

Colleen Neary

The Four Temperaments - Choleric

Julio Monge

Performer

Delia Peters

ACTOR

Sharon Moore

Performer

Susan Pillarre

Divertimento

Jill Nicklaus

Performer

David Richardson

The Four Temperaments - Theme 2

Rachelle Rak

Performer

Stephanie Saland

Divertimento

Josh Rhodes

Performer

Marjorie Spohn

Divertimento, The Four Temperaments

Christopher Windom

Performer

Robert Weiss

Divertimento

Garielle Whittle

ACTOR

Paul Newman

Narrator

Janet Eilber

ACTOR

Martha Graham

Self

Twyla Tharp

Self - Performer

Marianna Tcherkassky

Mother

Fernando Bujones

The Boy in Green

Richard Thomas

Self - Host

Christopher Plummer

Self - Host

Gene Kelly

Self - Host

Rudolf Nureyev

Faune

Gary Chryst

The Old Showman (in 'Petrouchka')

Christian Holder

Blackamoor (in 'Petrouchka')

David McNaughton

Ariel

Attila Ficzere

Prospero

Denise Jackson

Ballerina (in 'Petrouchka')

Horacio Cifuentes

Caliban

Alexander Filipov

Sebastian

Mark Goldweber

Joffrey Dancer

Tomm Ruud

Ferdinand

Vane Vest

ACTOR

Antonio Lopez

ACTOR

Michael Smuin

Self

Lisa Rinehart

Self

Robert LaFosse

Self

Michael Langlois

Self

Susan Jaffe

Self

Nancy Raffa

Self

Alina Hernandez

Self

Lisa Sundstrom

Self

Cheryl Yeager

Self

Elaine Kudo

Self

Mary Wilson

Self

Elizabeth Laing

Self

Carolyn Brown

Self

Suzanne Goldman

Self

Gil Boggs

Self

Gabrielle Brown

Self

Carla Stallings

Self

Kristi Lowe

Self

Lucette Katerndahl

Self

Scott Schlexer

Self

Deirdre Carberry

Self

Elizabeth Carr

Self

Amanda McKerrow

Self

Meg Potter

Self

Valerie Madonia

Self

Peter Fonseca

Self

Hilary Ryan

Self

Kristine Soleri

Self

Julie Bickerton

Self

Mark Morris

Self

Agnes de Mille

Self

Robert Wood

ACTOR

Clark Tippet

ACTOR

Ross Yearsley

ACTOR

Kathleen Moore

ACTOR

Valda Setterfield

ACTOR

Amy Groos

ACTOR

Keith Marshall

ACTOR

Stephen Alexander

ACTOR

Dean Moss

ACTOR

Ricardo Bustamante

ACTOR

John Gardner

ACTOR

Geoffrey Moore

ACTOR

John Summers

ACTOR

Bettina Sulser

ACTOR

Elizabeth Ferrell

ACTOR

Jeremy Collins

ACTOR

Chuck Finlon

ACTOR

Loren Schmalle

ACTOR

Gary Giffune

ACTOR

Nora Kimball

ACTOR

Scott Cunningham

ACTOR

David Gordon

ACTOR

Isabella Padovani

ACTOR

Roman Greller

ACTOR

Roger Van Fleteren

ACTOR

Shawn Black

ACTOR

Liza Minnelli

Self

Gwen Verdon

Self - Narrator

Neil Simon

Self

Nicole Fosse

Self

Steve Tesich

Self

Peter Stone

Self

E.L. Doctorow

Self

Herb Gardner

Self

Kyra Nichols

Self

Tom Gold

Self

Ben Huys

Self

Igor Zelensky

Self

David Kistler

Self

Lindsay Fischer

Self

Judith Simon

Dancer

Brendan Collins

Dancer

Raquelle Chavis

Dancer

Goran Svalberg

Dancer

Danielle Gee

Dancer

Elizabeth Roxas

Dancer

Marie Lindqvist

Dancer

Jan-Erik Wikstrom

Dancer

Mia Stagh

Dancer

Desiree Vlad

Dancer

Nasha Thomas

Dancer

Blair Underwood

Narrator

Katherine Dunham

Self

Bill T. Jones

Self

Donald McKayle

Self

Luana Busby-Neff

Narrator

Carmencita Romero

Self

Asadata Dafora

Self

Adbel Salaam

Self

Eleo Pomare

Self

Talley Beatty

Self

Pearl Primus

ACTOR

Vladimir Malakhov

Self

Lorena Feijóo

Bianca

Gonzalo Garcia

Cassio

Jose Manuel Carreno

Self

Parrish Maynard

Iago

Katita Waldo

Emilia

Pierce Brosnan

Self - Host

Alessandra Ferri

Titania

Carlos Molina

Lysander

Patrick Corbin

ACTOR

Michael Trusnovec

ACTOR

Amy Young

ACTOR

Ethan Brown

Demetrius

Caroline Kennedy

Self (Great Performances host)

Melanie Hamrick

Swan

Victor Barbee

Master of Ceremonies

Sarah Lane

Aristocrat

Eric Underwood

Peasant

Paul Fahrenkopf

Elegant Gentleman

Daniil Simkin

Dancer

Danny Tidwell

Peasant

Anna Leceica

Spanish Princess

Erica Cornejo

Pas de Trois

Maria Riccetto

Cygnette

Arron Scott

Peasant

Amanda Cobb

Peasant

Kristi Boone

Aristocrat

Jennifer Alexander

Czardas (soloist)

Ilona McHugh

Swan

Angela Snow

Aristocrat

Maria Bystrova

Aristocrat

Melissa Thomas

Aristocrat

Kenneth Easter

Czardas

Alexandre Hammoudi

Mazurka

Carlos Lopez

Neapolitan

Patrick Ogle

Aristocrat

Luciana Paris

Mazurka

Caity Seither

Peasant

Kelley Boyd

Cygnette

Carmen Corella

Spanish Dance

Laura Hidalgo

Peasant

Adrienne Schulte

Aristocrat

Michele Wiles

Swan (soloist)

Jeffrey Golladay

Czardas

Bo Busby

Mazurka

Buck Collins

Peasant

Sarah Smith

Peasant

Karin Ellis-Wentz

Aristocrat

Ashley Ellis

Czardas

Craig Salstein

Aristocrat

Vitali Krauchenka

Spanish Dance

Roman Zhurbin

Mazurka

Jared Matthews

Aristocrat

Carrie Jensen

Czardas

Alejandro Piris-Niño

Aristocrat

Anne Milewski

Aristocrat

Sasha Dmochowski

Aristocrat

Alexei Agoudine

Aristocrat

Flavio Salazar

Czardas

Gennadi Saveliev

Czardas - soloist

Xiomara Reyes

Pas de Trois

Zhong-Jing Fang

Hungarian Princess

Sarawanee Tanatanit

Aristocrat

Michael Glickes

Elegant Gentleman

Kevin McKenzie

Self (in interview)

Simone Messmer

Aristocrat

Yuriko Kajiya

Swan

Jennifer Whalen

Swan

Aurélie Dupont

ACTOR

Kader Belarbi

ACTOR

Marie-Agnès Gillot

ACTOR

Laetitia Pujol

ACTOR

Mathieu Ganio

ACTOR

Agnès Letestu

ACTOR

Clairemarie Osta

ACTOR