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Petipaw. (Dance).(George Balanchine)(Column)
In his New York apartment, George Balanchine had an Audubon print of a bald eagle. It was in his living room; you can see it in the famous photographs of Balanchine playing with his cat Mourka. In these photos the cat is in the air, fully stretched yet twisting in the middle, utterly rapt yet strangely relaxed--not unlike Fred Astaire snapped between steps. Balanchine is often crouched lower than the cat, urging it on, as if coaching a dancer in a complicated jete en tournant. Behind them, perched in profile, is the eagle. It is a wonderful trio--cat, raptor, choreographer--all three evolved in the same direction, with the same physiological assets: sharp eyes that miss ...
- Dancers From New York City Ballet's Production of George Balanchine's The...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 21, 2001 700+ words
...Children from New York City Ballet...production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker...Choreography by George Balanchine Premiere...1954, New York City, City...premiere, New York City Ballet has performed GEORGE BALANCHINE'S THE NUTCRACKER...
- Begging Mr. B. (New York).(Peter Martins on George Balanchine)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Perron, Wendy February 1, 2003 700+ words
In 1974 George Balanchine asked Alexandra Danilova, who had danced Swanilda in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, to mount Coppelia on the New York City Ballet. Danilova and Balanchine worked together on it, creating one of the few full-length...
- Remembering Mr. B: a national celebration.(multimedia exhibition celebrating...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Hardy, Camille April 1, 2004 700+ words
The Enduring Legacy of George Balanchine, a multimedia exhibition...Mary Oenslager Gallery at the New York Public Library for the Performing...Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York. Materials can be viewed...by Nancy Lassalle, former New York City Ballet education director...
- Footnote to Balanchine. (memories of Ballet Society and choreographer George...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Wood, Jane Philbin November 1, 1998 700+ words
...struggles and triumphs of New York City Ballet. IN THE...immediate predecessor of New York City Ballet. On November...my first sighting of George Balanchine. I had just begun working...a year, would become New York City Ballet. That fall...
- Mr. B on air.(New York Matters)(screenings of danceperformances filmed for...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine January 1, 2004 700+ words
A Celebration of George Balanchine: Selected Television Work is the Museum of Television and Radio's gift to balletomanes in this centennial winter. Running through...
- Francia Russell: holding Balanchine's torch high. (former New York City...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine West, Martha Ullman September 1, 1994 700+ words
...critical praise from the most exacting of the New York City critics, who nevertheless have expressed...t be serious because we're not in New York." Russell was born in Los Angeles in...was fourteen, the family migrated to New York, where she studied with Benjamin Harkarvy...
- Cultural revelation: in 1962 George Balanchine returned to the Soviet Union...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Reynolds, Nancy January 1, 1994 700+ words
There seems little doubt that New York City Ballet's tour of the Soviet Union...particular significance to both sides. New York City Ballet was the first American company...Balanchine left the tour and went back to New York for a week. During the early 1960s...
- George Balanchine
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1995 700+ words
...choreographer George Balanchine directs his dancers...founder of the New York City Ballet in...City Ballet. New York City Ballet...choreographer George Balanchine directs his dancers...founder of the New York City Ballet in...
Source: HighBeam Research, Petipaw. (Dance).(George Balanchine)(Column)