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George Balanchine in 1965. This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master. Chronological.
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]
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 ...
Serenade (ballet) The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Sonatine (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 ...
Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48.Serenade is credited as being George Balanchine's first full-length ballet in America.
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. [1] Jewels has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. [2]
It's provocative to aspire to slip into the mind of one of ballet's great masters, but Lincoln Jones sees it as a progression in his long devotion to George Balanchine's art.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Balanchine's first completely original full-length ballet, premiered at New York City Ballet on 17 January 1962, [1] [2] with Edward Villella in the role of Oberon, Melissa Hayden in the role of Titania, and Arthur Mitchell in the role of Puck.