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- In 1968, Poll formed Chamber Ballet, a student company at the University of Akron. The company was later renamed Ohio Chamber Ballet and eventually Ohio Ballet.
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May 2, 2006 · Heinz Poll, a choreographer and a co-founder of the Ohio Ballet, died on Sunday at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He was 80. The cause was kidney disease, said Fran Schaul, a friend.
Ohio Ballet was founded by Heinz Poll and lighting designer Tom Skelton in 1968. While it was originally a student company drawn from Poll’s classes at the University of Akron, the group turned professional in 1974. In 1977, the company made an appearance at Jacob’s Pillow.
Heinz Poll, who founded Ohio Ballet in 1968 and directed the company for three decades, died yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
In 1974, with lighting designer Thomas Skelton, he founded Akron’s first professional company, the Chamber Ballet, which eventually became Ohio Ballet.
In Akron, he developed Ohio Ballet into one of America’s most polished, respected and widely traveled chamber dance troupes. Poll was awarded the Association of Ohio Dance Companies Award in 1983, the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1995 and the Ohio Arts Council's Governor’s Award in 1999.
Mar 29, 1981 · The origins of the Ohio Ballet were in a chamber ensemble. Heinz Poll, its founder and artistic director, even called his previous troupe the Ohio Chamber Ballet before it turned professional...
At its founding in 1968, the Ohio Ballet was named the Chamber Ballet. Eight years later it acquired its current title. Under the guidance of founding director Heinz Poll, it ...
