 Within two years Loring choreographed and danced in "Billy the Kid", which enjoys status as the first American ballet classic, with an unbroken history of production since.After choreographic residence at Bennington College, Vermont, where he made some works, Loring joined Ballet Theatre (now ABT) in 1939, where, in that company's first season, he choreographed and danced in his "The Great American Goof", with libretto by William Saroyan.Loring, who began dancing in his father's saloon, was at ease with all kinds of dance