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Suzanne Farrell

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Dancer

The Resume

    (August 16, 1945- )
    Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
    Birth name is Roberta Sue Ficker
    Member of the New York City Ballet (1960-70,75-89)
    Wrote the autobiography 'Holding on to the Air' (1990)
    Founded the Suzanne Farrell Ballet (2000)

Why she might be annoying:

    She picked her stage name out of a phone book, thinking it sounded elegant.
    She had an affair with New York City Ballet founder George Ballanchine, who was 41 years older than her.
    Several dancers left the New York City Ballet complaining of Ballanchine's favoritism towards Farrell.
    She quit the New York City Ballet after rejecting a proposal from Ballanchine and marrying fellow dancer Paul Meija (1970).
    After quitting, she found it hard to get work because other ballet directors were afraid of alienating Ballanchine.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Ballanchine said, 'She is my muse' and built two dozen ballets around her.
    Following successful hip replacement surgery, she defied her doctors and returned to the stage (1987).
    At her farewell performance, the audience showered her with 5,000 white roses and gave her a twelve-minute standing ovation (1989).
    After retiring from dancing, she coached Russia's Kirov Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 190 Votes: 51.58% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 61 Votes: 55.74% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 66.18% Annoying