Balanchine

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United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)

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The truth is that Mozart, Pascal, Boolean Algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Marx, and Balanchine ballets don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The white race is the cancer of human history. Susan Sontag

I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and received Dunham, Horton, Graham technique there, but I could never take my eyes off of Balanchine doing 'Nutcracker'; to me he's the best who ever did it. Laurieann Gibson

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me. Jacques d'Amboise

Not only was he the principal composer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, but he also collaborated with Picasso (Pulcinella, 1920), Jean Cocteau ( Oedipus Rex main, 1927), and George Balanchine ( Apollon musagète main, 1928). Source: Internet

The work deconstructs the choreography of a handful of post-modern dance icons — including Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, Alvin Ailey and George Balanchine — looking at their legacies through a new lens and reflecting on what comes after. Source: Internet

For these massed ensemble numbers - with their fluidly complex lines -- Balanchine and Petipa have nothing on Morris. Source: Internet

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