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  2. Young dancers take on lead roles in Christmas classic "The ...

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    "The Nutcracker" at the New York City Ballet is a holiday classic that draws thousands to Lincoln Center each year. The company has been performing George Balanchine's ballet every year since 1954 ...

  3. Peter Martins - Wikipedia

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    Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he ...

  4. Francisco Moncion - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a Dominican-born American ballet dancer and choreographer who was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his long career, spanning some forty years, he created roles in major works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and others. He was also an amateur painter. [1]

  5. New York City Ballet - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Five top dance companies give NY fans a treat at free outdoor ...

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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.

  7. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    First performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944, The Nutcracker became a smash hit when it was reworked by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet in 1954. And the rest, they say, is ...

  8. Antonia Franceschi - Wikipedia

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    Franceschi was one of the last generations selected by George Balanchine to join The New York City Ballet. She is a Time Out Award winner for Outstanding Achievement In Dance. She is also known for her dance performances in the film musicals Fame and Grease. She subsequently danced under George Balanchine in New York. She recently choreographed ...

  9. The Nutcracker (Balanchine) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...