Valerie Bettis

**Valerie Elizabeth Bettis** (Disamba 1919 - Satumba 26, 1982) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta zamani ta Amurka kuma mai tsara wasan kwaikwayo. Ta sami nasara a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa, ballet da kuma a matsayin mai rawa.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Valerie Bettis a shekara ta 1919 a ranar 19 ga watan Disamba  ko 20 ga watan Disamba,  a Houston, Texas. Iyayenta sune Royal Holt Bettis da Valerie Elizabeth Bettis (née McCarthy).  Mahaifinta ya mutu lokacin da take 'yar shekara 13, bayan haka mahaifiyarta ta auri Hugh Prather. A shekara ta 1943, Bettis ta auri Bernardo Segall, wanda a lokacin shi ne Daraktan kiɗa na kamfaninta,kodayake auren ya ƙare da saki a shekara ta 1955. A shekara ta 1959, ta auri Arthur A. Schmidt wanda ya mutu a shekara ta 1969.  A ranar 26 ga watan Satumba, 1982, Bettis ta mutu a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Beth Isra'ila a Manhattan yana da shekaru 62.

## Ayyuka
Bettis ta sami nasara a matsayin Mai rawa na zamani da kuma mai tsara wasan kwaikwayo, sau da yawa duka a cikin wannan samarwa. An san ta da "tsarin kai, bayyanar mataki mai haske, da kuma wasan kwaikwayo mai ban sha'awa".

### Farkon aiki
Bettis ta fara karatun ballet a Houston yana da shekaru 10. Yayinda take makarantar sakandare, ta shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa na makarantar ta. Ta halarci Jami'ar Texas na shekara guda kawai, inda ta kasance memba na Kappa Alpha Theta,  kafin ta koma Birnin New York don nazarin rawa na zamani a ƙarƙashin Hanyar Holm . Ta yi aiki kuma ta yi tafiya tare da kamfanin Holm daga 1937 zuwa 1940.

A shekara ta 1941, Bettis ta kafa ƙungiyar rawa ta kanta kuma ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai rawa. Ta sami nasara da farko tare da rawa ta 1943 mai suna The Desperate Heart, wanda ya haɗa da waka mai suna John Malcolm Brinnin . Mai sukar rawa na New York Times, John Martin, ya lissafa shi daga cikin mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo na 1943. Louis Horst ya bayyana The Desperate Heart a matsayin "mafi kyawun aikin solo a duk wasan kwaikwayo na zamani na wannan shekaru goma".

### Ballet
A shekara ta 1947, Bettis ta yi wasan kwaikwayo tare da babban Kamfanin ballet. Shirin da ta yi na Virginia Sampler, kamar yadda Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ya yi, an kira shi "wani gwaji mai ban sha'awa da rashin nasara". A shekara ta 1948, ta daidaita, ta ba da umarni kuma ta tsara littafin William Faulkner As I Lay Dying, ta haɗu da wasan kwaikwayo da rawa a cikin wasan rawa. John Martin, mai sukar rawa na The New York Times, ya kira shi "aikin fasaha cikakke". Doris Hering na Dance Magazine ya rubuta, "Mai zane ne kawai tare da zurfin ji don motsi da wasan kwaikwayo zai iya yin aiki da abubuwan al'ajabi Miss Bettis ta yi tare da kayan da ke hannunta. "Ƙoƙarin Bettis na gaba a wasan rawa, *Domino Furioso*, wanda aka fara a Bikin Dance na Amurka na 1949, bai yi nasara ba, yana jan hankalin sake dubawa: "mai kyau" da "mai sauƙi don ɗaukarwa",  Hering a wannan lokacin da ya rubuta, "Idan Miss Bettis ba za ta yi magana da mu duka har zuwa mutuwa"  Bettire Street ta sami nasara a wasan kwaikwayo na Tennessee da ya yi. Masu sukar sun bayyana shi a matsayin "mai kamawa" da kuma "halittaccen abu mai ban mamaki". 

### Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa
Bettis ta fara gwada hannunta a Wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa lokacin da ta yi wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta yi a cikin Glad to See You a 1944.  A shekara ta 1948, ta lashe lambar yabo ta gidan wasan kwaikwayo ta duniya saboda rawar da ta taka a cikin Inside U.S.A.,  wani bita wanda ya gudana kusan wasanni 400 a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na New Century da Majestic .  Ayyukanta a cikin 1950 revue Bless You All ta sami yabo daga mujallar Life duka saboda *Rayuwa* da kuma iyawarta na waka. 

### Fim din
Rita Hayworth ta rawa ga waƙoƙin "Trinidad Lady" da "Na kasance Kissed Before" a cikin fim din 1952 Affair in Trinidad, da kuma "Dance of the Seven Veils" a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na 1953 Salome, Valerie Bettis ne ya tsara su.

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