- Ex-husband of Suzanne Farrell.
- He was romantically involved with fellow New York City Ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell while she was in a romantic relationship with George Balanchine. When their relationship got especially serious, the relationship with Balanchine became horribly strained and both Meja and Farrell left the City Ballet.
- Much of the choreography that his ballet companies perform are works from George Balanchine.
- He now runs the Paul Meja Ballet International.
- He was the Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet from 1987 to 1998. He was the Artistic Adviser of the Metropolitan Classical Ballet in Arlen, Texas.
- He joined the Chicago City Ballet as co-artistic director with Maria Tallchief, the third of George Balanchine's four wives.
- His ballet Eight by Adler, music by Richard Adler, was later filmed for PBS and won an Emmy Award for his then-wife Suzanne Farrell.
- In 1984, he was selected by Esquire Magazine as one of the "Outstanding Americans Under 40".
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