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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 School of American Ballet, [3] 1934; the American ...
This is a list of New York City Ballet soloists. ... Corps de ballet The following is a list of the current members of the corps de ballet .
Square Dance. (ballet) 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 ...
Joaquín De Luz [1] (born 1976, Madrid, Spain) [2] is a Spanish ballet dancer. He was formerly [3] with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), and a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet [4] (NYCB). He is currently director of Spanish National Dance Company .
American choreographer George Balanchine famously created a modern version in 1965 for the New York City Ballet to the music of Nicolas Nabokov, with Balanchine himself appearing as Don Quixote and Suzanne Farrell as Dulcinea and Francisco Moncion as Merlin.
Angel Corella López [1] is a Spanish former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (the only Spaniard to have achieved such a position in history) and guest artist with The Royal Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York City Ballet, La Scala and the Australian Ballet among many others. Since the 2014/2015 season, he has been the Artistic ...
Maria Tallchief — danced with the New York City Ballet for years and was featured in choreography Balanchine created for her. Roya Curie — protégé of David Lichine and premier dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo International, she established a school in upstate New York in 1950.
Known for. Fame. New York City Ballet. Website. antoniafranceschi .com. Antonia Franceschi (born March 30, 1960) is an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. 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.