1. Frederick Charles "Freddie" Herko was an American artist, musician, actor, dancer, choreographer and teacher.
16 Facts About Fred Herko
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When Fred Herko was age 2, the family settled in Ossining, New York.
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In 1954, Fred Herko attended a staging of Giselle and became fascinated with the Russian lead Igor Youskevitch.
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Fred Herko soon decided to pursue a career as a ballet dancer.
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Fred Herko soon earned a four-year scholarship to the American Ballet Theatre School.
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Fred Herko studied classical ballet under Valentina Pereyaslavec and took additional dance classes with Merce Cunningham and James Waring.
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Fred Herko was a member of the Judson Dance Theater, contributing two pieces to the group's inaugural concert on July 6,1962.
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Fred Herko performed in Frank O'Hara's Love's Labor and several of Andy Warhol's early films, including Haircut, Kiss, The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys, and Rollerskate.
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Fred Herko was associated with a group of habitues to Warhol's Silver Factory on 47th Street including Ondine, Rotten Rita, and Billy Name.
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Fred Herko was a close friend of Diane di Prima, who writes of him in her biography Recollections of my Life as a Woman.
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Fred Herko met him in 1954 as he sat on a bench in the rain in Washington Square Park.
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Fred Herko felt otherwise he didn't have a chance; he had come to dancing too late in life to make it work for him.
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Fred Herko was gone again before any of us could move.
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Fred Herko suffered from pain in his ankles, impairing his ability to dance.
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Dodd later said Fred Herko told him he hadn't taken any drugs for three days.
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Fred Herko emerged from the bath and went into the living room where he toweled off.