George Balanchine Summary

Balanchine, George (1904-1983) The greatest choreographer of the twentieth century, George Balanchine transformed and modernized the classic tradition of Russian ballet. A graduate of the imperial St.... Read more

The Russian-born American choreographer George Balanchine (1904-1983) formed and established the classical style of contemporary ballet in America. His choreography emphasized form rather than content... Read more

In 1983, the world of ballet lost one of its premier members to a disease that was widely unknown at the time with the exception of the few doctors and scientists who studied the rare disease. Georg... Read more