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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 considered the founding choreographers of the company.
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
1920 2008 United States: No Greta Hodgkinson: Greta Hodgkinson 1973 United States: Yes [52] Catherine Hurlin: Catherine Hurlin 1996 United States: Yes Carrie Imler: Carrie Imler 1977/1978 United States: No [53] Avdotia Istomina: Avdotia Istomina 1799 1848 Russia: No Rowena Jackson: Rowena Jackson 1926 2024 New Zealand: No Xue Jinghua: Xue ...
The school of American Ballet became and is now a training ground for dancers of New York City Ballet and companies from all over the world. Between his ballet activities in the 1930s and 1940s, Balanchine also choreographed Broadway musicals written by such notables as Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart and Vernon Duke . [ 22 ]
1920 ballet premieres (3 P) 1921 ballet premieres (2 P) 1922 ballet premieres (2 P) 1923 ballet premieres (3 P) 1924 ballet premieres (5 P) ... Category: 1920s ballets.
Pages in category "1920s deaths" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aleksey Afanas'ev; B.
On one particularly virulent October day, 851 people died in New York City alone. November 1: The actions of a substitute motorman filling in during a strike lead to a subway crash in Flatbush. The Malbone Street Wreck kills 97 people heading home from work and injures a hundred more. [95] Okeh Records in business. Selwyn Theatre opens. 1919
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.