New York City Ballet

George Balanchine was born on January 22, 1904, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He died April 30, 1983 in New York City. His parents were Meliton Balanchivadze, and Maria Nikolayevna Vasilyeva. He started dancing at the age of 10. He studied music and ballet in Russia before moving to America. While he was there, he mixed together many different techniques he had learned and created his own signature "neoclassical style".Balanchine was the artistic director and chief choreographer of the New York City Ballet. Also, he co-founded the New York City Ballet (NYCB) with Lincoln Kirstein. Nearly every ballet companies in the world has performed his work. George Melitonovich Balanchivadze was born the son of a composer he was exposed to music at a young…

Jerome Robbins was known as one of the great choreographers of all time, as a genius, as a friend to the rich and famous (and, indeed, “one of them”: He danced with Lauren Bacall at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball), as one of the four closeted gay Jewish men who made West Side Story , as a person who enjoyed humiliating young male ballet dancers during rehearsals and referring to some of the female ones with the four-letter word that begins with a “c,” as an informer, and as co-founding…

alright?” one of my friends asked. I was better at that moment than I have been in almost a year. In the summer of 2015, which was the same year I started high school, ballet was the center of my life. Two of my closest friends and I attended to an intense summer program for over a month. We were constantly together dreaming of future careers in ballet. In our free time we watched videos of the New York City Ballet. I dreamed of eventually becoming a part of that company. My goals were set…

Renaissance period a new style of dance was introduced called ballet. Catherine de Medici who was an Italian aristocrat with an interest in the arts of Italy had ballet dancing preformed when she married the French King Henry II. This lead to choreographers becoming inspired by ballet, and its influence spread worldwide. One choreographer who loved the brilliance of ballet, and was considered one of the leading contemporary choreographers of ballet was Balanchine. His is real name was Giorgi…

having a thin body was a recent development by the famous George Balanchine. Commonly referred to as the ‘Balanchine Body’, this ideal body type that first began in the 1900’s shapes what we see as the perfect ballet body yet what is said and done in whispers behind closed theater doors, dressing rooms, and practice rooms, is often nowhere near perfect. Balanchine is often described as one of the best ballet choreographers of all time, and often revered by the New York City Ballet, but his work…

The art of ballet has been perfected for hundreds of years. George Balanchine was one of the most influential choreographers in ballet's history. He created a technique that is still taught to this day worldwide in ballet schools. George Balanchine was never destined to be a world renowned dance instructor. From his very humble beginnings, to his rise to stardom, Balanchine had an amazing life. George Balanchine was born on January 22, 1904. He did not have the easiest life growing up. His…

On December 6th, I saw the Moscow Ballet 's Great Russian Nutcracker at the Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI. The Moscow Ballet was on their 2016 National Tour. The choreographer Stanislav Vlasov, former soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet. Stanislav Vlasov reimagined the ballet and showcased his own view of the Great Russian Nutcracker. It was practically special because Western Michigan University symphony orchestra had the opportunity to play along side of the dancers. Throughout the ballet,…

My mother tells the story how I fell in love with dance by starting by describing the first time I saw the Nutcracker ballet. I pointed to the stage and said, “I want to do that.” I was a toddler and I found my passion. From that moment all the way to my freshman year of college, I thrived on the dedication and joy that ballet brought to my life. Spending my dance career from age three to nineteen studying ballet, I decided to expand my dance training. Trying out for my college’s dance team…

Anna Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia. After she attended the Imperial Ballet School she made her own company debut in 1899 and she quickly became the prima ballerina. Her breakthrough performance was in The Dying Swan in 1905 which became her signature role. Contracting double pneumonia while she was on tour Pavlova died in 1931. Anna’s active imagination and love of fantasy drew her to the world of ballet. Looking back to her childhood she described her budding…

Ballet is a unique dance art. People may know as ballet only for girls, but it’s for both girls and boys. It is not an aggressive type of art, but it needs a lot of strength in muscles and a good posture. People may ask then, “Why was ballet invented in the first place?” Ballet has a long history back, so let's travel back to the 15th Century. Ballet was invented in the 1400s by King Louis the XIV (14th). He loved dancing and did dancing. King Louis enjoyed dancing and wants everyone to…