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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. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the ...
Litton was a participant in the Affiliate Artists Exxon-Arts Endowment Conductors Program. [2] In 2003, he was awarded Yale University 's Sanford Medal. Litton started his conducting career with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, where he served as the principal conductor from 1988 to 1994, and is now its conductor laureate.
Justin Peck. Justin Peck (born September 8, 1987) is an American choreographer, director, and dancer associated with New York City Ballet, of which he was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title. [1] A two-time Tony Award for Best Choreography recipient, he won ...
Website. lapoltlaw.com. Dina LaPolt is an American entertainment lawyer and artist rights advocate based in Los Angeles, California. [1] After an early career in the music industry, she became an entertainment lawyer in 1997. She is the founder and owner of LaPolt Law. [2]
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and dance at Lincoln Center in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Originally named the New York State Theater, [1] the venue has been home to the New York City Ballet since its opening in 1964, the secondary venue for the American Ballet Theatre in the fall, and served as home to the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011.
Eliot Feld (born July 5, 1942) is an American modern ballet choreographer, performer, teacher, and director. Feld works in contemporary ballet. [citation needed] His company and schools, including the Feld Ballet and Ballet Tech, are involved in dance and dance education in New York City. Feld has choreographed 149 ballets since 1967, with his ...
Jewels (ballet) Jewels. (ballet) Jewels is a three-act ballet created for the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday, 13 April 1967 at the New York State Theater, with sets designed by Peter Harvey and lighting by Ronald Bates. [1]
The New York City Symphony stopped performing at City Center after that season, [141] mainly due to the theater's poor acoustics. [142] George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Society became a resident organization of the CCMD in 1948 and was accordingly renamed the New York City Ballet Company. [143]