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Laura Connor, Ann Jenner, David Wall, Rudolf Nureyev and Anthony Dowell in Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering at the Royal Opera House, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1970 © Anthony Crickmay / Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Joe Eula (1925–2004). American fashion illustrator, costume designer and creative director of the Halston fashion label

Joe Eula trained at the Art Students League of New York and worked as a fashion illustrator for American Vogue, The New York Times and Harper’s Bazaar. In addition, he designed costumes for figures in show business, including Miles Davis, and was responsible for the costumes in several ballets choreographed by Jerome Robbins at New York City Ballet, including Dances at a Gathering and The Goldberg Variations. Later in his career he assisted Diana Vreeland, head of the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Timeline Event » 1970 – The Royal Ballet dances Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering for the first time

Dances at a Gathering, which had been created for New York City Ballet in 1969, represented the first work by Jerome Robbins to enter The Royal Ballet’s repertoire. Danced to music by Frédéric...

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