Lone Isaksen, 68, Star of Harkness and Joffrey Ballets

“At the Harkness Ballet, where she and [Lawrence] Rhodes were founding members from 1964 to 1970, Ms. Isaksen could seemingly do no wrong and was acclaimed by critics and the public alike. Small and elegant, she transformed her deceptive fragility into a startling flexibility that flowed into the convoluted shapes created for her by an array of modern choreographers.”