Tener Brown
Tener Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 Upper Montclair, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
Tener Brown (or Carolyn Tener Brown, born 1960) is an American ballet coach of New Jersey Ballet. She is a former ballet dancer of American Ballet Theatre and actress.
Personal life and career
Brown, from Upper Montclair, New Jersey, started her dance career by training with New Jersey School of Ballet at the age of 7. In 1971, when George Tomal and Joseph Carow choreographed the first New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker, they added fouetté spin and challenging pointework for Clara to match Brown's skills.[1] Brown performed as Clara on the opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse with other stars such as Edward Villella in the role of Cavalier.[2] In 1973, Edward Villella choreographed Shenandoah Pas de Deux for New Jersey Ballet, he selected Brown to dance with him in that duet. Brown later joined American Ballet Theatre in 1979 performing corps, soloist, and then principal roles.[3]
After seven years with ABT, Brown shifted her career to Broadway musical, film and television. She was best known for the role of Meg Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, The Phantom of the Opera.
Currently, Brown is a repertory coach for New Jersey Ballet[4] and a teacher at New Jersey School of Ballet.[3][5]
Acting credits
During her acting career, Brown's credits include:[3][6]
- Hair
- All My Children
- The Sopranos
- Carousel
- Brigadoon
- Fame-the musical as Iris Kelly[7]
- La Cage Aux Folles
- The Phantom of the Opera: Ballet Chorus of the Opera-Populaire, and then Meg Giry
- Fletch II
- The Saint
- Loving
- Various PBS programs
References
- ^ Robert Johnson (April 12, 2009). "New Jersey Ballet celebrates 50 years of finesse". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ BWW News Desk (October 3, 2008). "Paper Mill Playhouse to Present Holiday Production of The Nutcracker". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Faculty: Carolyn Tener Brown". New Jersey School of Ballet. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ "Carolyn Tener Brown, Repertory Coach". NJ Ballet Company. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ Kevin Coughlin (December 20, 2010). "Video CLARA-fication: A Morristown 'Nutcracker' with 30 Claras". Morristown Green. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ Tener Brown (Blurb) Former Meg in NYC, lacarlotta.com - accessed May 10, 2009
- ^ "FAME: Miami/Philadelphia Production: 1988 Cast". FameNetwork.com. Retrieved January 10, 2011.