Seda Suny

(1905 Tiflis-1994 New York)
Dancer, Choreographer, Ballet Teacher, Musician, and Daughter of Armenian Composer Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876 Getabek-1939 Philadelphia).

Seda Suny was a lively participant in Armenian cultural life, singing and dancing at her father’s concerts and her own. A well-known dance teacher, also a pianist and costume-maker, she created her own ballet school in New York, and generously trained many artists, to the end of her long life. Pianist-composer Serge Suny is her son.

 

 


Seda Suny: 1986 Voice of America Interview and Recital in Armenia, CD Recording, 53 minutes

NPR Program 2010: Grikor Mirzaian Suni’s Daughter Seda Suny was among her many talents a ballet teacher who taught the now famous dancer and choreographer Jacques d’Amboise. Jacques d’Amboise (b. 1934) speaks of her with appreciation in this NPR interview by Scott Simon, Saturday November 27, 2010.


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