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Ray Barra

1930 – 2025

American ballet dancer

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Lived 1930 – 2025 (aged 95). Ray Barra was an American film actor, choreographer, ballet dancer, dancer, ballet and ballet master.

Raymond Martin Barallobre Ramirez (January 3, 1930 – March 26, 2025), known professionally as Ray Barra, was an American ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer and ballet director who worked mostly in Europe. He was a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre and from 1959 a principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet, where he danced parts in creations by John Cranko including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet with Marcia Haydée as Julia, and the title role in Onegin. He created major roles in ballets by Kenneth MacMillan, Las Hermanas and Song of the Earth. After retiring from the stage due to an injury, he worked as a ballet master first with the Berlin State Ballet, then with John Neumeier at the ballet of the Oper Frankfurt and the Hamburg Ballet. He was associate director of the Spanish National Dance Company, and created several choreographies internationally.

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Who was Ray Barra?

American ballet dancer

When was Ray Barra born?

Ray Barra was born on 3 January 1930 in San Francisco.

When did Ray Barra die?

Ray Barra died on 27 March 2025 in Marbella.

What was Ray Barra's occupation?

Ray Barra was a film actor, choreographer, ballet dancer, dancer, ballet and ballet master.

What nationality was Ray Barra?

Ray Barra was American.

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