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Hal de Becker was born on 31 July, 1931, is an American dancer and writer (1931–2021). Discover Hal de Becker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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1931

Haldor de Becker (July 31, 1931 – May 13, 2021) was an American dancer and prolific writer about dance.

The third generation of a theatrical family, de Becker was born in New York City, the son of stage and film actor Harold De Becker and actress Dorothy Daniels de Becker, who performed in Abie’s Irish Rose the longest running play in Broadway history.

De Becker attended Hollywood High School where he was a gymnastics champion.

As a teenager he performed in an aerial act 110 feet high.

1944

His contact with the dance world began in 1944 when legendary choreographer George Balanchine set a dance for him and two other young actors appearing in the world premiere of Song of Norway.

1950

In 1950 he married Frances Katz (died in 1970).

They had two children, one of whom is author Gavin de Becker and Chrysti.

In the 1950s de Becker worked for a private detective agency in Los Angeles to pay for his dance classes, and in 1968 he opened one of the first private detective agencies ever licensed in Nevada.

The Las Vegas Sun Newspaper dubbed him as “The Dancing Detective.”

1958

In 1958, he met dancer Linda Wahner (now Shoemaker) in a ballet class, and they married a year later and divorced in 1979.

They have four children, Hal Jr., Belinda, Brian, and Douglas.

De Becker’s career began as a child actor on Broadway.

He appeared on stage with Ingrid Bergman, Burgess Meredith, and Elia Kazan, and he appeared in films with Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, and Mickey Rooney with credits in National Velvet and other films.

In 1958 he danced in Darius’s ballet Quartet along with Prima Ballerina Cynthia Gregory.

His dance teachers included Michel Panaieff, Bronislava Nijinska, Leon Varkas, Michael Brigante, Irina Kosmovska and Carmelita Maracci.

Later, in Paris, he trained with Madame Nora and Serge Perette and in Spain with Hector Zaraspe, Juan Magrina and Elsa Von Allen.

1961

He and his wife at the time, Linda Wahner, toured Europe from 1961 to 1964 performing as “Belinda and de Becker.” They appeared with many stars, including Liberace and Nat King Cole.

He produced shows in the US and Europe.

De Becker danced principal roles in the Los Angeles City Ballet, Southern California Ballet, and Grand Opera Company of Los Angeles, and musicals including Oklahoma! and Plain and Fancy.

De Becker worked with choreographers David Lichine, Joseph Rickard and Adam Darius.

1986

For 25 years, de Becker taught hundreds of professional dancers in Hollywood and in Las Vegas including Backstage Dance Studio, and in 1986 he directed the Las Vegas Civic Ballet Company.

De Becker has written articles for various dance journals, such as Dance Magazine, since the sixties.

He was dance critic for the New Times and Las Vegas Sun Newspaper, City Life, Las Vegas Weekly, and Desert Companion magazines.

He's also written for Dance Europe, and reviewed for Dance Magazine.

1995

From 1995 to 1998 his Las Vegas Beat column appeared in New York’s Dance and the Arts Magazine.

2007

In 2007, de Becker wrote the foreword for Adam Darius’s autobiography, Arabesque Through Time: A Life in Ballet through Three Centuries.

De Becker has reviewed nearly every major dance company from the Bolshoi and Kirov (St. Petersburg) Ballets to Paris Opera Ballet, NYC Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Twyla Tharp Company and dance troupes from China, New Zealand, Mexico, Korea, Switzerland, Argentina, Africa and elsewhere.

More than 600 of de Becker’s articles appear online in Callback News, reflecting 30 years of history of dance in Las Vegas.

Becker died May 13, 2021, in Las Vegas.