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Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ Macaulay, Alastair (June 20, 2008). "Bowing Out, but Still Fancy Free". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ Adams, Rebecca (October 1, 2014). "Kathryn Morgan, Former New York City Ballet Dancer, On What It's Like To Gain Weight In The Dance World".
New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the ...
This is a list of people who have been awarded the title prima ballerina, the second highest title that can be awarded to a ballerina: prima ballerina assoluta being the first. " Prima ballerina literally translates to “first principal dancer” from Italian and, in the United States, is better known as someone who is a female principal dancer.
At 17, she moved to New York City. To glean a spot with a major ballet company was the goal. There she took the name Maria. She spent the next five years with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. There she met choreographer George Balanchine, also future husband. Mr. Balanchine co-founded the New York City Ballet. Maria Tallchief became the company ...
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) [1] is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. [2] He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...
The Rockettes are an American precision dance company. Founded 1925 in St. Louis, they have, since 1932 (92 years ago), performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Until 2015, they also had a touring company. They are best known for starring in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, an annual Christmas show, and for performing annually ...
The school of American Ballet became and is now a home for dancers of New York City Ballet as well as companies from all over the world. Between his ballet activities in the 1930s and 1940s, Balanchine choreographed Broadway musicals written by such notables as Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart and Vernon Duke . [20]
New York City Ballet soloists (34 P) J. ... Pages in category "New York City Ballet dancers" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total.