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Annabelle Gamson
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Annabelle Gamson (born 6 August 1928) is an American dancer and choreographer. Although she has worked in ballet, Gamson is particularly known for her work within modern dance. As a dancer, she drew particular acclaim for her interpretations of the works of Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman, and Eleanor King.
Gamson was born as Annabelle Gold in The Bronx to Russian Jewish immigrants Solomon and Rose Gold. She studied dance with Julia Levien, a pupil of Anna Duncan, from ages five to twelve. She then attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and the Professional Children's School. She also studied under May O'Donnell, Helene Platova, and at the Katherine Dunham School. By sixteen, she was already making a living as a dancer.
In 1949, she made her Broadway debut in Richard Lewine's musical revue Make Mine Manhattan at the Broadhurst Theatre. She returned to Broadway the following year to appear in Morton Gould's Arms and the Girl at the 46th Street Theatre. Shortly after that production closed, Gamson moved to Paris to study under Etienne Decroux.
Gamson returned to New York City in 1953, at which time she began to appear regularly with the American Ballet Theatre where she notably danced the role of the cowgirl in Aaron Copland's and Agnes DeMille's Rodeo. She also worked and performed with Anna Sokolow on Broadway and portrayed Sonya in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pipe Dream. Gamson also worked as a dancer for several television productions during the 1950s.
On November 21, 1958, Gamson married conductor Arnold Gamson who was at that time the principal conductor of the American Opera Society. Arnold left his position at the AOS in 1961 to pursue a conducting career in Europe. The couple moved to Europe and lived and worked there for the next several years. During this time, they began to have children. In the mid-1960s, the Gamsons returned to the United States and settled in Westchester County, New York.
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