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New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the ...
Alice McDermott settled into her seat at New York City Ballet on a recent Friday night, excited to see her first-ever ballet performance. “They told me I’d love the ballet,” says McDermott ...
New York City Ballet. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ abKisselgoff, Anna (June 15, 1989). "City Ballet Announces Promotions of 16". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (June 7, 2010). "Farewell, My Lovelies: A Ballerina Hangs Up Her Toeshoes".
An abridged version of the ballet, performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, was staged in New York City in 1940 by Alexandra Fedorova [4] - again, after Petipa's version. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet , staged by its artistic director Willam ...
The companies count among the world’s very best by any estimation: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet.
Occupation (s) ballet dancer figure skater choreographer. Years active. 1975-present. Known for. Six Weeks The Nutcracker. Spouse. Peter Burrows (1997-2014) Katherine Healy (born January 26, 1969) is an American former principal ballerina and actress who also had a professional performing career in figure skating.
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 [2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. [citation needed] Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring ...
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and dance at Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Originally named the New York State Theater, [1] the venue has been home to the New York City Ballet since its opening in 1964, the secondary venue for the American Ballet Theatre in the fall, and served as home to the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011.