Roosevelt High School Alumni
Honolulu, Hawaii (HI)
Finis Jhung
Roosevelt High School
Class of 1955
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FINIS' PROFILE
First Name | Finis |
Last Name | Jhung |
Graduation Year | Class of 1955 |
Gender | Male |
Current Location | NEW YORK CITY |
Hometown | Honolulu |
Relationship Status | Divorced |
About Me | n a career spanning six decades, ballet legend Finis Jhung has left his mark on Broadway, in film, and on stages across the world. While still a dancer, he studied with the greats—Valentina Pereyaslavec, Vera Volkova, Stanley Williams, Erik Bruhn, Rosella Hightower, and David Howard—and danced in the San Francisco Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and the Harkness Ballet. He danced for presidents and dignitaries and eventually founded and choreographed for his own ballet company. Now in the second phase of his career as a renowned and beloved dance instructor, Finis has taught everyone from prima ballerinas and Broadway stars to adult beginners. His goal is to make ballet accessible to everyone, to create innovative ways of teaching, and to inspire present and future generations of dancers. Not content with life in the studio, he has created more than 50 instructional dance videos, produced 18 music CDs, and authored The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique: A Guide for Teachers & Students—all so that aspiring dancers of every level can learn his techniques, without ever leaving home. In Ballet for Life: A Pictorial Memoir, he shares his own story for the first time, starting from humble roots in World War II Hawaii. Still actively teaching at the age of 80, his greatest joys remains helpi...(read more) |
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