Koesun, Ruth Ann (1928–)
Koesun, Ruth Ann (1928–)
American ballet dancer. Born May 15, 1928, in Chicago, IL; trained with Vechslav Swoboda.
Danced with Chicago Opera Ballet and San Carlo Opera; joined Ballet Theater (1945), where she created roles in de Mille's Fall River Legend (1948), Tudor's Shadow of the Wind (1948) and Ross' Paean (1957), and appeared in Les Sylphides, Caprichos (1950) and This Property is Condemned (1957); best-remembered for performance as the Mexican Sweetheart with John Kriza in Billy the Kid; appeared on tv in "Omnibus" (1953).
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