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    George Balanchine (/ˈbælən(t)ʃiːn, ˌbælənˈ(t)ʃiːn/; born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; Russian: Георгий Мелитонович Баланчивадзе; Georgian: გიორგი...
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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she met choreographer George Balanchine. When Balanchine co-founded what would become the New York City Ballet in 1946...
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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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    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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    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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    "George Balanchine | the George Balanchine Foundation". Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2008. George Balanchine...
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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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    choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's music to Shakespeare's play of the same name. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Balanchine's first completely...
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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    choreography by George Balanchine Symphony in C (Third Movement); choreography by George Balanchine The Four Temperaments; choreography by George Balanchine Jewels...
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  • New York Observer since 1999. He is the author of biographies of George Balanchine, Sarah Bernhardt, and the family of Charles Dickens, as well as of...
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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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    the piece in his version of Le Corsaire staged in 1912). In 1960 George Balanchine choreographed a pas de deux to this music for Violette Verdy and Conrad...
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    choreographer George Balanchine. Throughout her life she danced with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, danced with husband George Balanchine, and performed...
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  • Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Peptipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often...
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    Léonide Massine, the score was ultimately completed as a commission for George Balanchine, who subsequently choreographed it as a neoclassical ballet based...
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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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