• Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American prima ballerina. She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet.
  • Gelsey Kirkland. The greatest American ballerina and among the very best of all time. ... Carla Fracci, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, and Paolo Bortoluzzi.
  • Her father put her and her sister, Johnna Kirkland , into ballet classes. Gelsey was slow to learn, her sister's body was more equipped -- feet, body shape, limbs and...
  • When she was fifteen years old George Balanchine asked Gelsey Kirkland to join the New York City Ballet, and two years later she was promoted to Soloist.
  • Gelsey Kirkland received her early training at the School of American Ballet, dancing children’s roles in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s...
  • Gelsey Kirkland, a pioneer in the field from a young age, has built a magnificent career that has lasted for more than five decades and counting.
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  • Gelsey Kirkland is an American ballerina. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine.