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Originally from Utah, Bart Cook began his dance education with Willem Christensen and at the School of American Ballet. Bart was invited to join New York City Ballet in 1971 by George Balanchine and became a principal in 1979. Dancing with the company until 1993, Bart originated and performed soloist roles in Jerome Robbins’ The Cage, Glass Pieces, I’m Old Fashioned, Dances at a Gathering, The Concert, and Opus 19. In 1981 he became assistant ballet master to Robbins, and following his retirement from the stage, he began working for The Balanchine Trust, staging Balanchine’s ballets.
He reached broad film audiences when he played the mysterious, magical Herr Drosselmeier in the film version of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, released in 1993. Bart has also appeared professionally on television in PBS’ Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center as well as in the 2010 episode of PBS’s American Masters series on Jerome Robbins.