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Below is the résumé of scenes and dances taken from the theatre program of the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet. It is the Imperial Ballet's production as staged by Marius Petipa that serves as the basis for all modern-day productions. Act I. no. 01 Prélude et Mazurka; no. 02 Valse et jalousie; no. 03 Scène; no. 04 Mazurka; no. 05 Scène
The New York International Ballet Competition (NYIBC), was a program providing dance education and employment opportunities for young dancers ages 17 to 24. In 1983 Ilona Copen founded NYIBC, with Igor Youskevitch as first artistic director , in order to fill a void and satisfy a need in the global dance ecosystem.
Coppelia may refer to: Coppélia, an 1870 comic ballet; Coppelia, a 2021 ballet film combining live dance with animation; Coppelia (ice cream parlor), in Havana, Cuba; 815 Coppelia, a minor planet (asteroid) Coppelia, the Animated Doll, a 1900 French short silent film
She joined the New York City Ballet in 1986, was promoted principal dancer in 1991, and retired in 2002. She served as the director of the Boston Ballet School between 2007 and 2021, dean of the Colburn School 's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute since 2023, and slated to become the artistic director of Canada's National Ballet School in 2024.
Ashley retired from the New York City Ballet in 1997, shortly before she turned 47, after 30 years of dancing. [5] She was the longest-serving dancer at New York City Ballet at the time. [ 4 ] She remained in the company as a teaching associate until 2008, then went freelance to coach Balanchine ballets in other companies.
Nicholas Magallanes (November 27, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet. [1] Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Clercq, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed Ballet Society, the immediate predecessor of the New York City Ballet.
Kathryn Elizabeth Morgan (born August 17, 1988) [citation needed] is an American ballet dancer. She joined New York City Ballet in 2006 and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2009. Morgan left New York City Ballet in 2012 due to health complications related to her suffering from Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
In 1960, Ballet Society raised funds to implement a new program at the New York City Ballet. This program allowed for 3000 underprivileged children to come to a matinee performance of the ballet, meet the dancers and have exposure to live performance. The program continues to this day at the New York City Ballet.