Ian (Ernie) Horvath; Co-Founder of Cleveland Ballet

Ian (Ernie) Horvath, 46, co-founder of the Cleveland Ballet and a former soloist with the Joffrey Ballet and the American Ballet Theater. His career spanned nearly three decades and encompassed a broad spectrum of artistic activities. He was an artistic consultant, administrator and fund-raiser for several dance companies and foundations, including the National Endowment for the Arts. Horvath spent much of his last years reviving interest in the repertory of choreographer Jose Limon. Horvath left the Cleveland Ballet in 1984 and did free-lance choreography and consulted for dance companies. Earlier he had been a soloist with the Joffrey in 1964 but left in 1967 for the American Ballet Theater, where he danced principal roles in a variety of classical and contemporary ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Agnes de Mille. He also appeared on Broadway in “Funny Girl” and “Sweet Charity” in the mid-1960s. In New York City on Jan. 5 of complications from AIDS.