About Ethel Winter
Lived 1924 – 2012 (aged 87). Ethel Winter was an American ballet dancer, music educator, choreographer and dancer.
Ethel Winter (June 18, 1924 – March 10, 2012) was an American dancer and dance instructor. Winter was specifically a modern dancer - a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company from the 1940s through the 1960s, working with other notable members of the company, including Martha Graham, Bertram Ross, Yuriko, Pearl Lang, Ethel Butler, Jean Erdman, and Patricia Birch. She taught modern dance at the Juilliard School Dance Division for fifty years, retiring in 2003.
Winter was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts. She died in Manhattan, New York City, on March 10, 2012, at the age of 87.
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American ballet dancer
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Ethel Winter was born on 18 June 1924.
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Ethel Winter died on 10 March 2012.
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Ethel Winter was a ballet dancer, music educator, choreographer and dancer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ethel Winter. https://biography.guide/ethel-winter/
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