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The company was named New York City Ballet in 1948 when it became resident at City Center of Music and Drama. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Its success was marked by its move to the New York State Theater, now David H. Koch Theater , designed by Philip Johnson to Balanchine's specifications.
The ballet uses sets and costumes designed by David Mitchell. [1] After he made The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Balanchine, who had adapted Andersen fairytales before, said what attracted him to fairytales by Andersen was the "underlying Christian substructure". [3] The 1975 ballet premiered in New York City the following year. [4]
Studio Maestro is a pre-professional ballet school in New York City founded in 1995 by Rose Caiola. [1] The school was renamed Manhattan Youth Ballet in 2005. [2] A portion of its students have graduated into ballet companies including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Washington Ballet, National Ballet of Croatia, Pennsylvania Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, San Francisco ...
Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli's Sarabanda, Badinerie e Giga, second and third movements.
Union Jack is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music-hall songs, ca. 1890–1914, adapted by Hershy Kay.
Joseph Duell (April 30, 1956 – February 16, 1986) was an American dancer and choreographer for the New York City Ballet.The day after his performance in George Balanchine's Symphony in C, for which he was praised for the elegance of his classical style, Duell jumped from the window of his apartment building on West 77th Street and died in an apparent suicide.
On February 14, NBC’s SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert brought out the stars to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the sketch show’s long history with musical artists. The ...
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.