New York City Ballet Essays

New York City Ballet was founded in 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Kirstein’s goal was to create a place for young dancers to train in American ballet with the greatest ballet masters. They met in London in 1933, where Kirstein encouraged Balanchine to come to America. They opened the School of American Ballet in 1934, before starting the professional company. It was designed as a way for Balanchine to train dancers in his innovative style and technique. They wanted dancers who

New York City Ballet: Moves On March 12th through the 13th the New York City Ballet preformed their forgoing show, Moves at Christopher Newport’s Ferguson Center of the Arts. The New City Ballet is one of the cutting edge American dance companies of this generation. Founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine in 1946 this company has been dancing strong for 70 years. “The foremost creative ballet troupe in the world” announced by the New York Times. The first performance piece was “Hallelujah

choreographer from his time with the Ballet Russes in Russia to the New York City Ballet, forever changed twentieth-century American dance schemes through his extensive work with his prima ballerinas (encyclopedia.com). American dance, as we know it today, would merely be a weaker duplication of traditional European dance without the important lyrical foundations that he established through his work (Encyclopedia of World Biography). George Balanchine became the most prosperous ballet

“Dance,” George Balanchine defines, “is music made visible.” Having studied piano since the age of five and ballet since nine, he was able to create and understand the profound relationship between dance and music. Having studied at the Conservatory of Music he was able to create choreography that visualized the music, rather than the story. He strongly believed that music should be the primary influence of choreography not the story. Balanchine’s approach to dance was minimalistic. Dancers performing

Carlina Cruz Ballet 112 B 22 October 2015 George Balanchine George Balanchine was and is the most respected choreographer in the history of ballet. Not only did his astounding work influence his generation alone, but the entire future of generations to come. His accomplishments created a foundation for the world to build upon. What he did was take what was given to him, an established art form, and fine-tuned it. He took ballet and molded it into the perfect art form. His imagination brought

innovation, was known for his skillful use of contemporary American themes and was notably praised for structuring ballets within the traditional framework of classical dance. Born originally under the Jewish surname Rabinowitz, Jerome Wilson was born on October 11, 1918 in New York, New York.. Just a few years after his birth, the Rabinowitz family migrated to the city of Weehawken in New Jersey. The Rabinowitz family built showbusiness ties to vaudeville performers and theatre alike through The Comfort

George Balanchine is an accomplished ballet dancer from the 1900’s. Balanchine began his career in the arts at a very young age. His father was a composer, so he has been influenced by music his whole life. At age five, he began to play the piano, and he continued after he completed his education. When he was nine years old, he enrolled at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg. He also was in the state’s Conservatory of Music. He studied musical theory, composing, harmony, and piano

It’s as part of Christmas as reindeer, stockings and candy canes. During this time of the year ballet companies around the world are presenting their rendition of the “Nutcracker” ballet and many people are planning their visit to see the ballet. For many this is the only ballet they will ever attend. The “Nutcracker” is the most popular ballet in the world. The “Nutcracker” ballet is based on the story "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice" written by E.T.A. Hoffman. While different from the original

The “Pas De Deux of the Sugarplum Fairy” is a classic piece from The Nutcracker created by contemporary ballet choreographer, George Balanchine. The Nutcracker, comprised of two acts, is about a young girl waking up to a fairytale journey involving many characters like the Mouse King, the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavailer, and the Nutcracker who turns into the Prince. The “Pas De Deux of the Sugarplum Fairy”, a piece from the second act, specifically revolves around the Sugarplum Fairy and Cavailer

her mother opened a dance studio. This is where she began to get ballet training from dancers who used to be part of Diaghllev and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. When she was 13 years old, she began to teach dance in her mother’s studio where she got introduced to jazz and then went on to be hired as a singer and dancer for Equity stock musicals. After these few years, Lynn arrived in NYC when she was 18 and studied at the American Ballet Theater School and got hired as a

his hard work and dedication, he helped form the foundation of American ballet as well as the neoclassical style of ballet, which is commonly utilized in today’s choreography. Balanchine dedicated his life to the world of music and dance which lead him to make many contributions that affected the future of ballet. George Balanchine was born in 1904 in Russia. His parents were fond of the arts, particularly music and ballet. Unsurprisingly, Balanchine became very invested in these art forms from

performances, her marriages to people of the dance world, and through her persistent teaching to other dancers. Maria Tallchief danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1940s and then became professionally known. In 1947, Tallchief danced with Paris Opera Ballet and was the first American to do so. She performed as a guest in the American Ballet Theatre and in productions

2/11/18 Romeo & Juliet The ballet performance that I had the opportunity of viewing being streamed live at the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow Russia was a beautiful display of the story of Romeo and Juliet being told through dance. The performance Romeo and Juliet had been produced by Sergei Prokofiev. The performance was choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky who had completely changed the style of ballet. The show took place on a brand-new stage for the Bolshoi theatre, which had been

Ballet has influenced not only dancers but many other people throughout the world. From the beginning, ballet has had a significant impact on the performing arts for both the performers and spectators. It has played an important role in helping to shape the performing arts into what it is today. The creation and development of ballet brought about a new way of expressing feelings and telling stories as a part of performing arts and has been the foundation for many other dance styles. Ballet originated

shirt or a leotard worn underneath his tights and a dance belts underneath his tights for extra support. All dancers wear soft flat ballet shoes, females wear pink or beige and males wear black or white. Females are required to place their hair into a bun for freedom of movement and for the instructor to be able to see all body lines. Styles of ballet Romantic ballet displayed exaggerated and intense emotions to enhance the experience. This took place during the romantic era in the mid-19th century

Tony Award-winning dancer, choreographer, and director, Robert Louis Fosse, most famous for his Broadway work, revolutionized the way dance in musicals was viewed around the world. His distinct and thought-provoking dance technique challenged the most advanced dancers and his work helped pave the way for musical theater choreography for the decades that followed his death. Fosse’s work depicted influences by major figures in dance: including Jack Cole, Fred Astaire, and Jerome Robbins. Robert Louis

Ballet West and others performed the Nutcracker at the Browning Center on Saturday, November 28th, 2015. Directed by Adam Sklute and Scott Altman. Light and cheerful music was played before the curtain rose for the family holiday ballet performance. Although the ballet is older and so it the setting the set however was modern but still old-fashioned looking. In Act I, the Christmas party is just beginning. As everyone is arriving, they greet each other dramatically, joyfully. Soon the party starts

2016 documentary depicts Royal Ballet London’s youngest male principal’s life and the toll ballet took on it. Sergei Polunin, one of the most famous ballet dancers in the world, struggled his whole life devoting his time to ballet to bring his broken family back together. Polunin’s mother pressured him to dance to escape the small, poor Ukrainian town he resides from. Overtime, Polunin became extremely depressed, partying, doing drugs and becoming the ‘bad boy’ of ballet. However, his amazing talent

The San Diego Ballet performed Romeo and Juliet at the Old Town Temecula Theatre on October the 25th. This dance company uses music from a famous composer Sergei Prokofiev and the choreography was done by Javier Velasco. Velasco explains that his focus was centered on the two young people in love, Romeo and Juliet. He wanted to give the audience a glimpse of the first sensation of one’s true love. It was decided by Javier Velasco to select a smaller cast of colorful characters that would help bring

Bang! That is the first sound the audience hears from Danse Sacrale, the last movement in Igor Stravinsky's ballet suite, Rite of Spring. The audience was shocked at the opening night of the Rite of Spring. They expected dancers jumping up and down at the beginning of the ballet suite. Instead, they were met with dancers in rustic attire, a far cry from usual ballet scenes, and dancing in awkward movements and clumsy-like feet. As a musician, I have heard many great things about Stravinsky, yet I