George Balanchine Russia's contribution to the great effervescence of ballet in the United States is complete and comprehensive. The master of this long alliance was undoubtedly George Balanchine, one of the greatest if not the greatest choreographer of the twentieth century. Born in St. Petersburg in 1904 in a family of artists from Georgia, Balanchine met ballet and music from the cradle. Trained at the School of Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the best classical tradition, Balanchine evolved into a unique style that became known as "neoclassical", the revamped classical tradition within the greatest respect for the glorious past. It all began at the Imperial School in 1914, where he graduated seven years later. He debuted as a choreographer
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Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) dreamed of creating a school and Ballet Company in America and with the help of Balanchine which developed a completely new dance styles from the classic ballets French, Italian and Russian contributed a completely new style of ballet in history. He had a long collaboration with Igor Stravinsky (Apollo was one of the choreographies they did together), and in 1934 founded in New York the School of American Ballet and in 1948, establishing the American Ballet Company, the New York City Ballet, passing then working as a ballet master and principal choreographer of the Company, until his death in 1983. The school was a success, and set a new high standard in classical dance in the United States, has evolved into a company, the American Ballet, true school of own movements based on classical tradition but not blindly imitate. This experience left a very important company, the New York City Ballet, which became an official company in New York City, receiving high donations from billionaire David Koch, who gave $ 100 million to make the ballet part of Lincoln Center and with the Metropolitan Opera House. With all its huge troupe of dancers moved in 1964 to the New York State Theater, located at Lincoln Center, which was specially built for him. When he died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the dancers from his company drove more than ten ballet companies in the United States, Switzerland, and
Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) dreamed of creating a school and Ballet Company in America and with the help of Balanchine which developed a completely new dance styles from the classic ballets French, Italian and Russian contributed a completely new style of ballet in history. He had a long collaboration with Igor Stravinsky (Apollo was one of the choreographies they did together), and in 1934 founded in New York the School of American Ballet and in 1948, establishing the American Ballet Company, the New York City Ballet, passing then working as a ballet master and principal choreographer of the Company, until his death in 1983. The school was a success, and set a new high standard in classical dance in the United States, has evolved into a company, the American Ballet, true school of own movements based on classical tradition but not blindly imitate. This experience left a very important company, the New York City Ballet, which became an official company in New York City, receiving high donations from billionaire David Koch, who gave $ 100 million to make the ballet part of Lincoln Center and with the Metropolitan Opera House. With all its huge troupe of dancers moved in 1964 to the New York State Theater, located at Lincoln Center, which was specially built for him. When he died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the dancers from his company drove more than ten ballet companies in the United States, Switzerland, and