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{{Infobox person
| name = Loren Hightower
| image = Loren Hightower.jpeg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|2}}
| birth_place = [[Ochiltree County, Texas]], USA
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|11|7|1927|12|2}}
| death_place = [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]]
| nationality = American
| other_names = "Tex"<ref>Equipoise: The Life and Work of Alfredo Corvino, by Dawn Lille, Dance & Movement Press, 2009 p. 88</ref>
| occupation = ballet dancer, choreographer
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'''Loren (Tex) Hightower''' (December 2, 1927 – November 7, 2017) was an American [[dancer]] who split his performing career between [[ballet]] and [[musical theatre]]. He was no relation to ballerina [[Rosella Hightower]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myhorrynews.com/obituaries/loren-tex-hightower/article_bb25adc2-cbae-11e7-8f49-0ba5a757401d.html|title=Loren "Tex" Hightower|first=Betty|last=Moses|website=myhorrynews.com|date=17 November 2017 |accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref>
Originally from [[Belton, Texas]], Hightower trained with [[Ted Shawn]]. He danced principal roles with the [[Metropolitan Ballet]], [[American Ballet Theatre]], and the [[Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre]]; in addition, he performed regularly at the [[Metropolitan Opera]]. Like many ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s, Hightower frequently supplemented his income by working in musical theatre, and his Broadway appearances include ''[[Peter Pan]]'', ''[[110 in the Shade]]'', ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Anyone Can Whistle]]'', and ''[[Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon]]''. He retired from performing in the late 1960s.
Hightower's credits as a choreographer include the ballets ''The Maids'', ''An Idyll for Aphrodite'', and ''Chips from a Crystal Ballroom'', as well as ''Museum'' for the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]].
For many years, Hightower taught dance at [[Adelphi University]].
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* {{IMDb name|2303141}}
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