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Introduction to Winthrop Corey
 

Mr. Winthrop CoreyWinthrop Corey, Artistic Director of The Mobile Ballet Company and summer faculty member of the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, holds the distinction of having been a principal dancer with both The Royal Winnipeg Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada. He is especially well known for his classical line and impeccable technique in such roles as the Prince and Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Albrecht in Giselle, Franz in Coppelia, Prince Sigfried in Swan Lake, the Cavalier in The Nutcracker and the Prince in Cinderella. He received international recognition dancing opposite Rudolph Nureyev in Jose Limon's classic ballet The Moor's Pavane. He has staged and choreographed full-length productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo & Juliet, Cinderella, Swan Lake as well as an original ballet, Dracula.

As a costume designer, Mr. Corey is noted for his designs for Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Romeo & Juliet. His original design and construction of the classical tutu has gained him national attention having been worn by principal dancers from the Joffrey Ballet, The Hartford Ballet, Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater in Atlanta. 

His original creations have been worn by such companies as the Baton Rouge Ballet Theater, the Gainesville Ballet, Clayton Festival Ballet, Metropolitan Ballet Theater, Gwinette Dance Ensemble and the Northwest Florida Ballet.