Falardo, Vincent (1948-) Photograph Collection, ca. 1970s-1990s
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Falardo, Vincent, 1948-
Title: Photograph Collection, ca. 1970s-1990s
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these photographs, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 1.22 cu. ft.
Location Number: 023PC11
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photographs related to the career of ballet dancer, choreographer, and répétiteur Vincent Falardo, who served as ballet master and director of education and outreach for the Louisville Ballet.
Folders 1-8 include photographs of individuals, including Vincent Falardo, Nels Jorgensen, Susan Holz, David Loring, and Richard Munro.
Folders 9-14 include photographs from backstage including rehearsals, scene shops, and costuming.
Folders 15-19 include various events held by the Louisville Ballet including Classics in Context series and other events and fundraisers.
Folders 20-45 are photographs of various Louisville Ballet performances, including two albums containing transparency slides compiled by Falardo.
Related Collections:
Louisville Ballet records [Mss. BB L888j]
Louisville Ballet Photograph Collection [024PC25]
Louisville Ballet Posters [024PR3]
Alun Jones papers [Mss. A J76b]
Alun Jones and Helen Starr Photograph Collection [023PC24]
Alun Jones and Helen Starr Louisville Ballet Poster Collection [023PR5]
Alun Jones and Helen Starr museum objects [2023.5]
Vincent Falardo papers [Mss. A F177]
Vincent Falardo museum objects [2023.18]
Vincent Falardo Louisville Ballet Poster Collection [025PR10]
Joy Bell Williams papers [023×1]
Joy Bell Williams Photograph Collection [023PC4]
Nina Allen papers [024×35]
Melissa J. “Misty” Lee papers [023×57]
Biographical Note
Vincent Falardo was born in New York in 1948. He began his dance study at Courtney School of Dance in Louisville and joined the Louisville Ballet Company as a dancer in 1969. By 1978, he was promoted to ballet master, in charge of maintaining performance quality and some training in the company. He also served as director of education and outreach. In that role he developed educational programs for schools in Kentucky and southern Indiana.
As a dancer with the Louisville Ballet, Falardo had roles in Dedication, Selenic Games, Night Shadow, Les Sylphides, Nutcracker, and Coppélia. He also danced as one of the Ugly Stepsisters in Cinderella alongside artistic director Alun Jones (1937-2019). He danced in the Kentucky Opera’s Die Fledermaus with Louisville Ballet principal dancer and associate artistic director Helen Starr (1940-).
Falardo graduated from the Ballet Directors course and was a member of the Dance Notation Bureau. He taught ballet in Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Little Rock, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. As a répétiteur, Falardo staged Cakewalk for choreographer Ruthanna Boris in Ohio, California, and Chile. He also staged Billy the Kid for the Eugene Loring Trust at Texas Ballet Theater.
His choreographed works include Romance, Peripatetic Pas de Deux, Schumann Quartet (1979), which was chosen for the National Choreography Plan, and Triad (1980), which was performed at the Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival. He choreographed Consestetto, Viva Vivaldi, and Untitled #4 for the Lexington Ballet Company, Out of Darkness for the Classical Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia, and H.M.S. Pinafore for the Kentucky Opera.
Falardo worked at the Louisville Ballet until 2004.
Sources:
Welcome to A Great Company Louisville Ballet program, ca. 1982 [Mss. A J76b folder 61]
Louisville Ballet Audience program, April 2004 [Mss. A F177 folder 57]
Folder List
Box 1
Folder 1: Vincent Falardo dancing and headshot, ca. 1970s-1990s
Folder 2: Vincent Falardo teaching at schools, ca. 1970s and 1990s
Folder 3: Nels Jorgensen, ca. 1970-1973
Nels Jorgensen was artistic director at the Louisville Ballet from ca. 1970 to 1973
Folder 4: Susan Holz and David Loring, ca. 1970s
Folder 5: Richard Munro, ca. 1970s
Folder 6: Identified individuals, ca. 1970s-1980s
Folder 7: Identified groups, ca. 1970s-1980s
Folder 8: Unidentified individuals and groups, ca. 1970s-1990s
Folder 9: Ballet rehearsal, ca. 1990s (pt. 1 of 2)
Folder 10: Ballet rehearsal, ca. 1990s (pt. 2 of 2)
Folder 11: Rehearsals, 1983 (transparency slides)
Folder 12: Rehearsals, ca. 1983-1991 (transparency slides)
Folder 13: Scene shop and costumes, 1983 and ca. 1980s (pt. 1 of 2) (transparency slides)
Folder 14: Scene shop and costumes, 1983 and ca. 1980s (pt. 2 of 2) (transparency slides)
Folder 15: Makeup lecture, ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 16: Classics in Context, ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 17: Nutcracker House by D. Talbott, ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 18: Events and fundraisers, ca. 1970s-1980s
Folder 19: Promotional and Kentucky Center, ca. 1980s-1990s (transparency slides)
Folder 20: About Faces, ca. 1970s
Folder 21: Ballet and Baseball, June 1984 (transparency slides)
For Baseball and Ballet, the Louisville Ballet Civic Company and the Louisville Redbirds presented a new work created by Principal Dancer Dale Brannon
Folder 22: Billy the Kid performance at EPCOT, 1983
Folder 23: Butterfly Ball, ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 24: Carmina, 1985, and other performances, ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 25: Cinderella, March 1990 (transparency slides)
Folder 26: Cinderella dancers in costume, ca. 1990s
Includes Vincent Falardo and Alun Jones as the Ugly Stepsisters
Folder 27: Coppélia, ca. 1980s
Folder 28: Coppélia, Feb. 1987
Photography by Steve Parks
Folder 29: The Grand Tour, Feb. 1986
Folder 30: La Sylphide, Feb. 1986
Folder 31: The Merry Widow, 1992 (transparency slides)
Folder 32: Nutcracker, ca. 1970s (pt. 1 of 2)
Folder 33: Nutcracker, ca. 1970s (pt. 2 of 2)
Folder 34: Nutcracker, ca. 1971-1973
Folder 35: Nutcracker, 1985-1986
Folder 36: Nutcracker costume drawings, 1983 and ca. 1980s (transparency slides)
Folder 37: Romeo and Juliet, April 1985
Folder 38: Romeo and Juliet, Sept. 1986
Photography by Steve Parks
Folder 39: Romeo and Juliet, 1985 (transparency slides)
Folder 40: Miscellaneous performances, ca. 1970s
Folder 41: Miscellaneous performances, 1983 (transparency slides)
Folder 42: Other ballet companies, ca. 1970s
Album 43: Nutcracker, 1983 (transparency slides)
Box 2
Album 44: Miscellaneous performances, ca. 1968-1993 (transparency slides)
Folder 45: Miscellaneous performances, ca. 1970s
Subject Headings
Ballet dancers.
Ballet – Study and teaching.
Jones, Alun, 1937-2019.
Jorgensen, Nels.
Louisville Ballet.
Louisville Redbirds.
Performing arts.
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