George Balanchine (/ˈbælən(t)ʃiːn, ˌbælənˈ(t)ʃiːn/; born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904 [O.S. January 9] – April 30, 1983) was a...
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Ballets Russes (section George Balanchine)
performances there in 1932. Diaghilev alumni Léonide Massine and George Balanchine worked as choreographers with the company and Tamara Toumanova was...
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Balanchine technique or Balanchine method is the ballet performance style invented by dancer, choreographer, and teacher George Balanchine (1904–1983)...
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Don Quixote (ballet) (redirect from Don Quixote (Balanchine))
choreographer George Balanchine famously created a modern version in 1965 for the New York City Ballet to the music of Nicolas Nabokov, with Balanchine himself...
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Coppélia (redirect from Coppélia (Balanchine))
Coppelius, and Janet Reed as Swanhilda and was an instant hit. In 1974, George Balanchine choreographed a version of Coppélia for the New York City Ballet....
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Charles Askegard (section George Balanchine)
in the Live From Lincoln Center broadcast, "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," in Vienna Waltzes. He has been a guest artist with Pacific Northwest...
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Darci Kistler (section George Balanchine)
ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for choreographer George Balanchine. Kistler was born in Riverside, California, the fifth child (with...
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"George Balanchine | the George Balanchine Foundation". Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2008. George Balanchine...
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Jewels (ballet) (redirect from Jewels (Balanchine))
the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday, 13 April 1967 at the New York State Theater...
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Apollo (ballet) (redirect from Apollo (Balanchine))
Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by twenty-four-year-old George Balanchine, with the composer contributing the libretto. The scenery and costumes...
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This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master. Le Chant du rossignol (The Song of the...
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Serenade; choreography by George Balanchine Symphony in C (II. Adagio, III. Allegro vivace); choreography by George Balanchine Jewels (Diamonds, Rubies);...
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Maria Tallchief (section Balanchine era)
Osage Tribe member to hold the rank. Together with choreographer George Balanchine, she is widely considered to have revolutionized ballet. Elizabeth...
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Ballet (section Balanchine method)
Stravinsky, Roussel). Tim Scholl, author of From Petipa to Balanchine, considers George Balanchine's Apollo in 1928 to be the first neoclassical ballet. Apollo...
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The Firebird (redirect from The Firebird (Balanchine))
Tallchief as the Firebird, choreography by George Balanchine, and scenery and costumes by Marc Chagall. Balanchine placed a heavy emphasis on the dancing...
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Grigorovich Anna Karenina, John Neumeier Anyuta, Vladimir Vasiliev Apollo, George Balanchine Carmen Suite, Alberto Alonso Coppélia, Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti;...
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Cunningham, George Balanchine, and Sir Frederick Ashton were all influential choreographers of classical or abstract dance, but Balanchine and Ashton,...
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Ib Andersen (section Balanchine répétiteur)
works by Balanchine for ballet companies around the world, having been appointed an accredited Balanchine répétiteur by the George Balanchine Trust. He...
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City Ballet as a principal dancer for one season to learn about George Balanchine's neoclassical Russian style of movement. He then returned to the American...
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the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969, and principal in 1972. She went...
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ballet The Nutcracker began to slowly enjoy worldwide popularity after Balanchine first staged his production of it in 1954. It may now be the most popular...
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scholarship. When Le Clercq was fifteen years old, famed choreographer George Balanchine asked her to perform with him in a dance he choreographed for a polio...
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New York City Ballet (redirect from Balanchine ’s 50th Anniversary Celebration)
a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers...
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the Balanchine Trust, bringing George Balanchine's ballets to 60 cities around the globe. Born in Miami, Florida, she first studied there under George Milenoff...
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and throughout his time with the company he danced 24 roles for George Balanchine. He also made film appearances, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...
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Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Petipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed...
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choreographer. Franceschi was one of the last generations selected by George Balanchine to join The New York City Ballet. She is a Time Out Award winner for...
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chiefly remembered for her films choreographed by her then-husband George Balanchine. They include the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue sequence from On Your...
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was that of Clara in the Playhouse 90 television production of the George Balanchine Nutcracker (1958). From 1961 to 1967, Bedelia was a regular on the...
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style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghilev's...
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