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The companies count among the world’s very best by any estimation: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet.
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company.
Frankfurt was a dancer with the New York City Ballet, under the direction of Balanchine and, later, Jerome Robbins, for fourteen years. [2] She was later promoted to the rank of soloist. [ 3 ] Frankfurt danced in ballets including Agon , Symphony in Three Movements , Chaconne , Le Tombeau de Couperin , and The Nutcracker .
He then worked as a teacher and coach in San Francisco, New York, Europe, and Japan. He choreographed new ballets for the San Francisco Ballet, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the Diablo Ballet. [3] Stowell joined the Oregon Ballet Theatre as artistic director in July 2003. [6] His additions to the company's ...
Suki Schorer is an American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer. She danced with George Balanchine 's New York City Ballet from 1959 to 1972. Suki Schorer teaches at the School of American Ballet , [ 1 ] the official school of the New York City Ballet and is a Balanchine Trust répétiteur.
Fairchild entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 2000. Her brother, Robert Fairchild was also a principal with the company. [2] She and her brother are both recipients of the Mae L. Wien Award at the School of American Ballet. [3]
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.