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{{Short description|American ballet dancer and dance teacher (1957–2018)}}
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'''Peter Frame''' (April 16, 1957 – August 30, 2018) was an [[U.S.|American]] ballet dancer and dance teacher. He danced with [[New York City Ballet]] from 1976 until 1990 and was elevated to the rank of principal dancer in 1988. He was a faculty member at the [[School of American Ballet]] from 1993 until his death in 2018.

== Early life ==
Peter Frame was born on April 16, 1957, in [[Charleston, West Virginia]], to Marvan and Mary Elizabeth Frame. He was one of five children and had a twin brother, [[Paul Frame]], who also danced with New York City Ballet.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/peter-frame-ballet-dancer-and-instructor-dies-at-61/17813959/|title=Peter Frame, Ballet Dancer and Instructor, Dies at 61 :: WRAL.com|last=WRAL|date=2 September 2018 |publisher=}}</ref> He began his ballet training under the direction of Jerry Rose.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/obituaries/peter-frame-dead.html|title=Peter Frame, Ballet Dancer and Instructor, Dies at 61|work=The New York Times |date=2 September 2018 |publisher= |last1=Jacobs |first1=Julia }}</ref>

== Career ==
Frame enrolled at the [[School of American Ballet]] before joining the [[New York City Ballet]], where he danced for fourteen years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ny-ent-peter-frame-suicide-20180902-story.html|title=Ballet star Peter Frame jumps to his death, one day after choreographer Paul Taylor died - NY Daily News|first=Brian|last=Niemietz|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=2 September 2018 |publisher=}}</ref> In 1986, Frame, then a soloist, was selected to re-stage ''Variations, Opus 30'' from ''[[Episodes (ballet)|Episodes]]'', a collaborative work between [[George Balanchine]] and [[Martha Graham]] set to music by [[Anton Webern]], that had originally been performed by [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]].<ref name="nytimes.com"/> ''Episodes'' had been dropped from the ballet in 1961, after Taylor stopped performing the solo, until it was taught to Frame. He was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 1988,<ref name="sab.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.sab.org/summer_programs/faculty/peter_frame_weight_training.php|title=Peter Frame, Weight Training · School of American Ballet|website=www.sab.org}}</ref> shortly after his first performance of ''Episodes''.<ref name="albawaba.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/peter-frame-ex-nyc-ballet-dancer-falls-death-his-apartment-1180766|title=Peter Frame, Ex-NYC Ballet Dancer, Falls to Death From his Apartment|date=4 September 2018|publisher=}}</ref> Two years later, Frame performed as a guest artist with [[Paul Taylor Dance Company]].<ref name="albawaba.com"/> In 2014, Frame staged ''Episodes'' for [[Miami City Ballet]], the first time it had been performed since he had danced the role.<ref name="auto"/>

In 1979, Frame was an original cast member of the ballets ''[[Sonate di Scarlatti]]'' and ''[[The Four Seasons (ballet)|The Four Seasons]]''. In 1981, he danced in the ballet ''[[In the Night (ballet)|In the Night]]''. In 1983, he danced in the ballet ''[[Interplay (ballet)|Interplay]]''. He was an original cast member of the 1983 ballet ''[[Glass Pieces]]''. In 1987, he was an original cast member of the ballet ''[[Ecstatic Orange]]''.

After retiring from the stage in 1990, he joined the faculty at the School of American Ballet in 1993 where he taught strength training and conditioning classes for male dancers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/peter-frame-death-2600748699.html|title=Remembering Peter Frame, Former New York City Ballet Principal & Beloved Teacher|date=31 August 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="sab.org"/> He also began teaching at Ballet Academy East in 1999.<ref name="auto"/>

== Death ==
Frame died by suicide on August 30, 2018, after [[Suicide by jumping from height|jumping]] off of the fifth-story apartment at 145 West 75th Street on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/tributes-to-new-york-ballet-dancer-peter-frame-after-his-death-aged-61-a3926481.html|title=Tributes to New York ballet dancer Peter Frame after his death aged 61|date=3 September 2018 |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="albawaba.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westsiderag.com/2018/08/30/man-jumps-to-his-death-from-building-on-75th-street|title=West Side Rag » Man Jumps to His Death from Building on 75th Street|website=www.westsiderag.com|date=30 August 2018 }}</ref>

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