Margo Sappington

Margo Sappington is an American choreographer and dancer born July 30, 1947 in Baytown, Texas. She was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony Award as Best Choreographer and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for her work on the play Where's Charley?. In 1988, her ballet Virgin Forest was the subject of an award-winning documentary by PBS. In 2005 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award for choreography from the Joffrey Ballet.

Sappington joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1965 at the personal invitation of founder Robert Joffrey. In 1969 she co-wrote, choreographed, and performed in the original off-Broadway musical Oh! Calcutta! , and in 1971 choreographed Weewis, her first ballet. In 1975, in recognition of her work in the Broadway revival of the play Where's Charley?, she received nominations for both a Tony Award for Best Choreographer and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography. In 1983, as the first American choreographer working with Beijing's Central Ballet of China, Sappington created their ballet Heliotrope. In 1988, her ballet Virgin Forest, inspired by Henri Rousseau's jungle paintings, was created for the Milwaukee Ballet and was the subject of an award-winning documentary by PBS. In 1993, as a section of the Joffrey's evening-length performance Billboards, she created and danced in Slide, as scored by musician Prince.

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