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3.4 For the American Ballet. 3.5 For Broadway. ... George Balanchine in 1965. This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine ... 1957 Square Dance;
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 Georgian-American [2] ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th-century. [3]
Jack Cole (1911–1974), American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as the father of theatrical jazz dance; Dean Collins (May 29, 1917 – June 1, 1984), American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swing. He is often credited with bringing swing dance, or Lindy Hop, from New York to Southern California.
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]
Elisa Badenes - Spanish ballet dancer; George Balanchine - choreographer credited for bridging classical and modern ballet; Caroline Baldwin (born 1990) - American ballet dancer ...
The company has been performing George Balanchine's ballet every year since 1954. The show takes audiences from the grandeur of a sparkling Christmas party to the dreamworld of a young girl guided ...
Villella became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1957, rising to soloist in 1958 and principal dancer in 1960, last dancing there in 1979. [4]: 179 Among his most noteworthy [5] performances were Oberon in George Balanchine's ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream (with music by Felix Mendelssohn), Tarantella, Rubies in the Balanchine ballet Jewels, and Prodigal Son.
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