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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 ...
The Times Are Racing is a one-act ballet by Justin Peck, to "USA I-IV" from Dan Deacon 's album America, with costumes designed by Humberto Leon from the fashion label Opening Ceremony and lighting design by Brandon Stirling Baker. [1] It premiered on January 26, 2017 at the David H. Koch Theater, danced by the New York City Ballet.
The Nutcracker. (Balanchine) Choreographer George Balanchine 's production of Peptipa and Tchaikovsky 's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet, its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by ...
Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ a b Kisselgoff, Anna (June 15, 1989). "City Ballet Announces Promotions of 16". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (June 7, 2010). "Farewell, My Lovelies: A Ballerina Hangs Up Her Toeshoes". The New York Times.
Career. Current group. New York City Ballet. Amar Ramasar (born 1981) [1] [2] is an American ballet dancer and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet (NYCB). Ramasar joined the NYCB as an apprentice in 2000 and joined the corps de ballet in 2001. [3] As of 2010, Ramasar remained the only person of color who was a principal in NYCB.
An abridged version of the ballet, performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, was staged in New York City in 1940 by Alexandra Fedorova - again, after Petipa's version. [2] [3] The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet , staged by its artistic director Willam Christensen . [3]
New York City Ballet. Created for. Mikhail Baryshnikov. Patricia McBride. Opus 19/The Dreamer is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to Sergei Prokofiev 's Violin Concerto No. 1. The ballet premiered on June 14, 1979 at the New York State Theater, danced by the New York City Ballet. [1] [2]
neoclassical ballet. Stars and Stripes is a neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay. The ballet was made as a tribute to the United States, Balanchine's adopted country. It premiered on January 17, 1958, at the City Center of Music and Drama, danced by the New York City ...