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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 ...
4, including Christopher and Charlotte. Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn, July 28, 1934 – May 2, 2021) [ 1] was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953, and throughout his time with the company he danced 24 roles for George Balanchine.
American Ballet Theatre ( ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 [ 2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring and a shorter ...
June 21, 2023 at 6:33 PM. Like Water for Chocolate: A Stunning BalletMarty Sohl. Since Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate was first published in 1989, it has been ...
Pages in category "New York City Ballet American Music Festival" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Angel Corella López[ 1] is a Spanish former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (the only Spaniard to have achieved such a position in history) and guest artist with The Royal Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York City Ballet, La Scala and the Australian Ballet among many others. Since the 2014/2015 season, he has been the Artistic ...
December 30, 1949 (age 74) New York City, U.S. Occupation (s) Dancer, choreographer. William Forsythe (born December 30, 1949) [1] is an American dancer and choreographer formerly resident in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and now based in Vermont. He is known for his work with the Ballet Frankfurt (1984–2004) and The Forsythe Company (2005–2015).
The companies count among the world’s very best by any estimation: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet.