{"id":3561,"date":"2025-03-03T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:37:38","slug":"christian-holder-longtime-star-of-the-joffrey-ballet-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3561","title":{"rendered":"Christian Holder, Longtime Star of the Joffrey Ballet, Dies at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Christian Holder, a standout dancer for the Joffrey Ballet who made his name in the 1960s and early \u201970s in pointedly topical works like \u201cAstarte,\u201d<\/a> a groundbreaking psychedelic ballet, and \u201cThe Green Table,\u201d a haunting 1930s antiwar ballet made newly relevant by the Vietnam War, died on Feb. 18 at his home in London. He was 75.<\/p>\n

His death was confirmed by his friend and frequent collaborator, the choreographer Margo Sappington, who said the cause had yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

Born in Trinidad and reared in Britain, Mr. Holder came from a prominent artistic family. His father,<\/em> Boscoe Holder, was a celebrated dancer, choreographer, painter, designer and musician. His uncle, Geoffrey Holder, was known in a variety of fields, including dance, painting and, in particular, acting: With his rich basso profundo voice, he was memorable as a Voodoo villain<\/a> in the James Bond film \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d (1973), as well as in a series of television<\/a> spots for 7Up.<\/p>\n

Mr. Holder was every bit as varied in his own artistic pursuits. In addition to dancing, he was a choreographer; a costume designer for Tina Turner and other stars, as well as for several ballets; a cabaret singer; a painter; a theater director; and a playwright.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n