Sono Osato

Sono Osato (August 29, 1919 – December 26, 2018) was an American dancer and actress.Distant Dances (1980), autobiography by Sono Osato 

Osato began her career at the age of fourteen with the Ballets Russe de Monte-Carlo; she later went on to dance with American Ballet Theatre (then Ballet Theatre). While at ABT, she danced roles in such ballets as Kenneth MacMillan's Sleeping Beauty, Antony Tudor's Pillar of Fire,  and Bronislava Nijinska's The Beloved.

Osato was found dead on December 26, 2019 in Manhattan, aged 99.

References

Other websites

 Australia Dancing – Lutte eternelle
 Australia Dancing – brief entry 
 Photograph of Osato in costume
 Career Transition For Dancers

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Category:American stage actors
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