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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]
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) is an American professional ballet company and school based in Harlem, New York City. It was founded in 1969 under the directorship of Arthur Mitchell and later partnered with Karel Shook. Milton Rosenstock served as the company's music director from 1981 to 1992.
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.
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.
The Shimmering Asphalt, New York City Ballet (2017) Woodland, Martha Graham Dance Company (2016) Rabbit, Balletboyz (2016) Summer’s Winter Shadow, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo (2015) Little Match Girl Passion, Westminster College Choir (2015) Untitled, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company (2015) SNOW, Pontus Lidberg Dance (2013, revised 2015)
The Ailey troupe, a big draw in New York each winter at New York City Center, performed an excerpt of “Dancing Spirit” — a tribute to that company’s former star dancer and then leader ...
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.