title: Clark Tippet
text: # Clark Tippet
  
  Clark Tippet (October 5, 1954, in Parsons, Kansas – January 28, 1992, in Parsons, Kansas) was a danseur and choreographer. He was a member of the American Ballet Theatre company in New York City. Among other roles, he was the male Spanish Dancer in Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. The production was first televised in 1977.
  
  Tippet died of HIV/AIDS at the age of 37.
  
  