Cynthia Gregory

Cynthia Gregory (b. 1946) is a former prima ballerina who danced with Big Bird in the 1981 TV special Starfest Finale.
Inspired to learn ballet from a performance by Rudolf Nureyev, Gregory began formal studies at age fourteen with the San Francisco Ballet and went on to perform for dance companies in Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Cuba, and Germany. She has played lead roles in a number of productions including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Don Quixote, and La Sylphide.
She also appeared in Linda Ronstadt's music video for "When You Wish Upon a Star," a "Do You Know Me?" commercial for American Express, and choreographed a commercial for Campbell's Soup.
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