1918- . US dancer and choreographer. He
choreographed the musicals The King and I
1951, West Side Story 1957, and Fiddler on
the Roof 1964. Robbins was ballet master of
the New York City Ballet 1969-83, when he
became joint ballet master-in-chief. First a
chorus boy on Broadway, then a soloist with
the newly formed American Ballet Theater
1941-46, Robbins was associate director of
the New York City Ballet 1949-59. Among his
ballets are Fancy Free 1940 (adapted with
Leonard Bernstein into the musical On the
Town 1944). He also choreographed Facsimile
1946 and The Age of Anxiety 1950 (again with
Bernstein).