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George Balanchine in 1965. This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), ... 1957 Square Dance; 1958 Gounod Symphony; 1958 Stars and Stripes;
George Balanchine (/ ˈ b æ l ən (t) ʃ iː n, ˌ b æ l ən ˈ (t) ʃ iː n /; [1] born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; [a] January 22, 1904 [O.S. January 9] – April 30, 1983) was a Russian and American ballet choreographer of Georgian descent [2], recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th-century. [3]
George Balanchine (() 22 January 1904 – () 30 April 1983), Georgian ballet choreographer. He is one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers and one of the founders of American ballet. His work formed a bridge between classical and modern ballet.
La Sonnambula (Balanchine) La Source (Balanchine) Square Dance (ballet) Stars and Stripes (ballet) The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet) Stravinsky Violin Concerto (ballet) Swan Lake (Balanchine) Symphony in C (ballet) Symphony in Three Movements (ballet)
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 ...
Jewels is a three-act ballet created for 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, with sets designed by Peter Harvey and lighting by Ronald Bates.
Kansas City Ballet dancers in Serenade. The work can be considered a bridge between his two early works for Sergei Diaghilev and his later, less episodic American works. [5] The dance is characterized by two falls, a choreographic allusion to Giselle, but also an element in the Khorumi, a Georgian folk dance which influenced Balanchine. [5]
Raymonda Variations, formerly titled Valses et Variations, is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to excepts from Alexander Glazunov's score for the 1898 ballet Raymonda. Instead of following the plot of the 1898 ballet, the Balanchine ballet is plotless. It premiered on December 7, 1961, at the City Center of Music and Drama.