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Beverly Schmidt Blossom (August 28, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She was an original member and soloist with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater, a modern dance choreographer for Illinois Dance Theatre, Blossom & Co. and others, and a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign .
Beverly Blossom: Bio. Growing up in Chicago. Born in Chicago on August 28th, 1926, Beverly Schmidt grew up in the Logan Square neighborhood, near Fullerton and Crawford (now Pulaski Avenue), and her family later moved to Highland Park.
Beverly Schmidt Blossom was a modern dance choreographer, teacher, and solo artist. She was born on August 28, 1926 in Chicago and died on November 1, 2014. From 1966 to 1990, she was a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Nov 4, 2014 · Beverly Blossom, a modern-dance choreographer and teacher and a daring, vividly imaginative solo performer, died on Saturday in Chicago. She was 88.
Beverly Blossom danced (as Beverly Schmidt) in dozens of pieces by the great Alwin Nikolais in the 1950s and 1960s. During that period, she began creating her own body of work as a choreographer, with Nikolais as a mentor, and she continued developing pieces for the stage through her final performance, in 2010 — fittingly, a solo tribute to ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Beverly Schmidt Blossom is an American modern dancer, choreographer and teacher. She was an original member and soloist with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theatre, a modern dance choreographer for Illinois Dance Theatre, Blossom & Co. and others, and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Beverly Schmidt Blossom (August 28, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was an American modern dancer, choreographer and teacher. She was an original member and soloist with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater, a modern dance choreographer for Illinois Dance Theatre, Blossom & Co. and others, and a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
