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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 in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet , its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center , New York, with costumes by Karinska , sets by Horace Armistead ...
For 2015, the contestants were the 1993 film version of the New York City Ballet's Nutcracker, the Dutch National Ballet's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Das Wiener Staatsballett's 2014 Nutcracker and the Bonn Ballet's Nutcracker. The winner, shown on December 21, was The Dutch National Ballet’s The Nutcracker And The Mouse King.
First performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944, The Nutcracker became a smash hit when it was reworked by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet in 1954. And the rest, they say, is ...
[1] The company was the first in the U.S. to make the ballet an annual tradition, and for ten years, the only company in the United States performing the complete ballet, until George Balanchine's production opened in New York in 1954. (Annual productions of the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker began in 1949.)
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Frankfurt was a dancer with the New York City Ballet, under the direction of Balanchine and, later, Jerome Robbins, for fourteen years. [2] She was later promoted to the rank of soloist. [ 3 ] Frankfurt danced in ballets including Agon , Symphony in Three Movements , Chaconne , Le Tombeau de Couperin , and The Nutcracker .
She has danced classical productions such as Swan Lake, Balanchine's works including Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and The Nutcracker, and originated roles such as Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Before her retirement she was the company's most senior dancer, [ 3 ] and the only remaining dancer to have worked with founding ...
New York Theatre Ballet or NYTB was founded in 1978 by Diana Byer, who became its artistic director. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets.