George Balanchine

National Ballet of Canada presents the world premiere of Aszure Barton's Watch her, part of a program that also features Balanchine's The Four Temperaments and Jerome Robbins' Glass Pieces. Performances run Wed. to Nov. 29...

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Local ballerinas are poised and ready to dance center stage alongside professional dancers of Miami City Ballet in George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker," Thanksgiving weekend, at the Philharmonic Center of the Arts. Tryouts were...

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...and Russell built PNB into a nationally renowned stronghold for classical dance training and the works of Russian ballet giant George Balanchine, who collaborated extensively with Igor Stravinsky, became the leading choreographer of the 20th...

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...Russia, Balanchine (1904-1983) danced in "Nutcracker" at the Maryinsky Ballet. Like the Maryinsky staging, Balanchine's version captures a sense of wonder. His Christmas tree begins to grow as the stage scenery - windows, furniture,...

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...them, some Cunningham pieces could be like that. Go for Barocco, choreographed by Peter Anastos with an eye to the legendary George Balanchine, remains the company's greatest piece, done skilfully and lovingly so that you laughed at its...

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...as much biology, less angst) is the frothy sandwich-filler. The Royal Ballet triple bill takes a grander stance, so has further to fall. Balanchine's Agon is the opener and anchor-piece, by dint of having appeared in recent seasons. But it...

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...and well-made. She makes sly ballet references, and her big, everybody-dance finale is something Balanchine might have choreographed -- had he been from Burkina Faso, or what used to be Upper Volta, the band's home. The music by Ligeti...

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...life and death", it feels close to an emotional wasteland, it still makes for a stylish 29 minutes. Preceding these two novelties is Agon, Balanchine's 1957 collaboration with Stravinsky. Formidably difficult, it's a work fuelled by...

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...between his native Russia and the West. The Australian Ballet's artistic director, David McAllister, likens Ratmansky to George Balanchine, another Russian emigre who made a lasting mark on international dance. Indeed Ratmansky, who...

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...the Nutcracker more times than you can count. But the Kennedy Center has something new when the Pennsylvania Ballet performs it with George Balanchine's choreography. It's never been performed in D.C., so here's your chance to catch a fresh...

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