Melissa Hayden Content type Biography Blog Encyclopedia Article Lesson Plan Oral History Podcast Collection We Remember This Week in History The Feminist Revolution Women Rabbis Women of Valor Power Couples Soviet Jewry Baltimore DC Katrina Seattle Western Pioneers Death of prima ballerina Melissa Hayden August 9, 2006 “Blunt honesty and generosity in [Melissa Hayden's] life and dancing, that was her name.” http://jwa.org/thisweek/aug/09/2006/death-of-prima-ballerina-melissa-hayden Melissa Hayden premieres role of Titania in Balanchine ballet January 17, 1962 Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1923, Melissa Hayden became one of the biggest stars of American ballet. http://jwa.org/thisweek/jan/17/1962/melissa-hayden
