Balanchine, George (1904-1983)
The greatest choreographer of the twentieth century, George Balanchine transformed and modernized the classic tradition of Russian ballet. A graduate of the imperial St....
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The Russian-born American choreographer George Balanchine (1904-1983) formed and established the classical style of contemporary ballet in America. His choreography emphasized form rather than content...
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In 1983, the world of ballet lost one of its premier members to a disease that was widely unknown at the time with the exception of the few doctors and scientists who studied the rare disease. Georg...
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