Glen Tetley

Glen Tetley (1926–2007), an American dancer and choreographer. In the years 1962 to 1970 he was a choreographer in the Netherland Dance Theatre and in 1974 he took over the direction of the ballet in the Stuttgart Opera. He developed a specific type of scenic movement and dance, which he used in the ballets to contemporary music. Due to his acquaintance with Tetley, Nordheim became widely known in the world as the composer of ballet music, such as The Tempest.