5 5 ▁film ▁K iller ' s ▁K iss , ▁dan ced ▁by ▁Kub rick ' s ▁wife ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁ball er ina ▁Ruth ▁Sob ot ka . ▁He ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁both ▁modern ▁dance ▁and ▁bal let ▁companies . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁V aug han ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁London , ▁to ▁Albert , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Lin ole um ▁Man ufact ur ers ’ ▁Association , ▁and ▁Ada ▁Rose ▁( née ▁St arks ). ▁He ▁studied ▁at ▁Oxford , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁dance ▁training ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁ 2 3 ▁years ▁old . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 6 , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁V aug han ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁from ▁London ▁on ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁American ▁Bal let , ▁where ▁he ▁first ▁met ▁Mer ce ▁C unning ham , ▁who ▁briefly ▁taught ▁there . ▁ ▁V aug han ▁began ▁studying ▁with ▁C unning ham ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 s , ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁company ' s ▁paid ▁secretary ▁when ▁C unning ham ▁opened ▁his ▁own ▁studio , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁served ▁in ▁various ▁staff ▁capac ities ▁with ▁C unning ham . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁to ▁collect ▁dance ▁artifact s ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁leading ▁to ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁collect ing ▁documentation ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁chron ology ▁of ▁C unning ham ' s ▁works . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁his ▁being