MIGUEL TEREKHOV (born 1928)
Terekhov joined Col. de Basil’s Original Ballet Russe in 1943 at the age of 14 while the company was on tour in his native Uruguay. He remained with the company until 1947. Terekhov later joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and danced with that company until 1958. In 1956, he married Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ballerina Yvonne Chouteau. Together they founded the first fully-accredited dance department in the United States at the University of Oklahoma, Norman (1962). They also founded the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet. Miguel Terekhov is now retired and lives in Oklahoma.