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Thalia Mara’s story spans the history of dance in the twentieth
century and the rise of the arts in her adopted city of Jackson,
Mississippi. As an adolescent Mara (1911–2003) studied with
renowned Russian teacher Adolph Bolm, who recommended she go at age
sixteen to Paris for further study. During a tour in Europe and
South America, she met her partner in dance and life, Arthur
Mahoney, and they dazzled the world with their breathtaking
performances during the 1930s and '40s. The two were named
codirectors of Jacob’s Pillow in 1947, gracing the cover of Life
magazine that year. Later they started two schools of dance in New
York City, but despite much success, they closed due to lack of
funding. That misfortune, however, was Jackson’s boon as it led
Mara to the second phase of her career: reviving the Jackson Ballet
Company and bringing the USA International Ballet Competition (IBC)
to the state. Thalia Mara was recognized at the end of her life not
only for the USA IBC’s decision to locate in Jackson, but also
for her efforts as a patron of the arts. Her extraordinary
fundraising and planning attracted international performers to the
city in the 1980s and '90s. To Dance, to Live: A Biography of
Thalia Mara gives the first full account of a life devoted to the
arts.
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