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Apr 2, 2014 · George Balanchine was a ballet choreographer who co-founded and served as artistic director of the New York City Ballet. Updated: May 17, 2021. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images (1904-1983)
George Balanchine is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. Early Years. Europe. The son of a composer, Balanchine early in life gained a knowledge of music that far exceeds that of most of his fellow choreographers.
George Balanchine in 1965. This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master. Chronological.
Early life Balanchine's father Meliton. Balanchine was born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, son of Georgian opera singer and composer Meliton Balanchivadze, one of the founders of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre and later the culture minister of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia, which became independent in 1918 but was later subsumed ...
- April 30, 1983 (aged 79), New York City, U.S.
- 1929–1983
- Dancer, choreographer, director
- Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, January 22, 1904, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Apr 30, 2024 · George Balanchine was the most influential choreographer of classical ballet in the United States in the 20th century. His works, characterized by a cool neoclassicism, include The Nutcracker (1954) and Don Quixote (1965), both pieces choreographed for the New York City Ballet, of which he was a
- Kathrine Sorley Walker
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Sep 9, 2023 · While celebrating its 75th anniversary this fall, New York City Ballet is performing 18 ballets by its founding choreographer, George Balanchine. But to get a sense of the global standing of ...
Rouben Ter-Arutunian(1920-1992) is the scenic designer for George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Ter-Arutunian was Armenian and studied and worked in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris. He moved to the United States in 1951. He was a stage designer for opera, television, plays, and Broadway musicals, as well as ballets.
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