Posts Tagged ‘George Balanchine’
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Two mid-size ballet companies in North America are in search of artistic directors. Gradimir Pankov is leaving his post at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens of Montreal after 15 years. John McFall is departing Atlanta Ballet after 20 years. In comparison to the majority of the 140-odd ballet troupes across the North American continent, which have minimal seasons and only a handful of dancers, Les Grands and Atlanta employ between 20 and 30 dancers and commission in-demand choreographers for their seasons and tours. So, what is required to helm a ballet company?
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Tags: American Ballet Theatre, Angel Corella, Atlanta Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Gradimir Pankov, Jerome Robbins, John Cranko, John McFall, José Manuel Carreño, Les Ballets Grands Canadiens, Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet, Morphoses, New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rachel Straus, San Jose Cleveland Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Silicon Vallet Ballet
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Saturday, October 4th, 2014
The blogosphere is alive with news about the current forays of New York City ballet principal dancers Robert Fairchild, Megan Fairchild, and Tyler Peck into Broadway.
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Tags: An American in Paris, Andrew Veyette, Broadway, Christopher Wheeldon, Edgar Degas, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Jack Cole, Jerome Robbins, kennedy center, Little Dance, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, marie van Goethem, Megan Fairchild, New York City Ballet, NY Export: Opus Jazz, On The Town, Rachel Straus, Robert Fairchild, Susan Stroman, Tyler Peck
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
George Balanchine is famously credited with saying that “ballet is woman.” This idea is boldly apparent in his Kammermusik No. 2, which premiered on New York City Ballet in January 1978, and more recently was performed by the company as part of their 2014 winter season.
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Tags: " Rebecca Krohn, "ballet is woman, Abi Stafford, Alastair MacAulay, Alexandra Hutt, Amar Ramasar, George Balanchine, Jared Angle, Kammermusik No. 2, New York City Ballet, new york times, The Juilliard School
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Another event that featured music as much as dance was the September 17 Alice Tully Hall performance of the Simón Bolivar National Youth Choir and the José Limón Dance Company. The highlight of the one-night only occasion, celebrating Venezuala’s El Sistema, was Missa Brevis.
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Tags: Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Tully, Apollon Musagète, Ashley Bouder, Chinese Zodiac, Christopher Wheeldon, Doris Humphrey, El Sistema, Ellen Bar, Enjoy Your Rabbit, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Gabriela Poler-Buzali, George Balanchine, Guggenheim Museum, Igor Stravinsky, Jose Limon, Justin Peck, Kathryn Alter, Limon Dance Company, Michael Atkinson, Missa Brevis, Monte Carlo, New York City Ballet, Peter B. Lewis Theater, Peters Martins, Simon Bolivar National Youth Choir, Sufjan Stevens, Tiler Peck, Work & Process, Year of the Rabbit, Zoltan Kodaly
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
Have you ever wondered what it would take to partner a female ballet dancer? The May 6 matinee at New York City Ballet was an excellent primer for any one considering that question. In each of the four works from the All (Jerome) Robbins program, at the former New York State Theater, the male lead rarely left the side of his female partner.
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Tags: Andantino, Fokine, Frederic Chopin, George Balanchine, In G Major, In the Night, Jerome Robbins, Jock Soto, Maria Kowroski, Massine, Nancy McDill, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, Petipa, Ravel, Robert Fairchild, Sebastian Marcovici, Sterling Hyltin, The Cage, Tyler Angle, Water Flowing Together
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Ten years later, I saw Crystal Pite’s “Dark Matters.” Her choreography augured a new movement style, a “Matrix”-like sense of physical wonder. On January 24 at Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), Pite’s choreography enthralled the audience. At the end of “The You Show,” made in 2010 with her company Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM, Pite and her eight dancers received a standing ovation.
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Tags: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Beethoven, Cindy Salgado, Crystal Pite, Dark Matters, Eric Beauchesne, George Balanchine, Hugo Weaving, I don't believe in outer space, Isadora Duncan, Jermaine Maurice Spivey, Jiří Pokorný, Judson Dance Theatre, Keanu Reeves, Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM, Marines, Martha Graham, Peter Chu, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Robert Sondergaard, Sandra Marin Garcia, The Matrix, The You Show, Three Atmospheric Studies, William Forsythe
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
There is no better way to anoint a rising male ballet star than to award him the title role in George Balanchine’s “Apollo.” On May 5 at David R. Koch Theater, New York City Ballet corps dancer Chase Finlay hit the big time with “Apollo,” receiving three curt
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Tags: Ana Sophia Scheller, Apollo, Bruce Webber, Chase Finlay, Four Temperaments, French Vogue, George Balanchine, Gonzalo Garcia, Igor Stravinsky, Jennie Somogyi, Maria Kowroski, Monumentum Pro Gesualdo, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, New York City Ballet, Nietzche, Peter Martins, Sebastian Marcovici, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Vitruvian-Man
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