(1930-1988) an American ballet dancer andChoreographer (=someone who arranges how dancers will move). He started the American Ballet Centre, a school for dancers, in 1953, and a ballet group in 1956. His ballet group later became the Joffrey Ballet, one of the most important ballet groups in the US.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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