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Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet 's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief, George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann 's Davidsbündlertänze ( Dances of the League of David ), [1] Op. 6 (1837). The idea for setting this piano work very likely came from a ...
The Nutcracker. (Balanchine) Choreographer George Balanchine 's production of Peptipa and Tchaikovsky 's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet, its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by ...
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 ...
Artistic Director. Michael Novak. Paul Taylor Dance Company is a modern dance company, formed by dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor (1930—2018). The modern dance company is based in New York, New York and was founded in 1954. Taylor originally performed in the companies of Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine, and founded ...
The Madame X Tour was the eleventh concert tour by American singer Madonna, in support of her fourteenth studio album, Madame X (2019). It began on September 17, 2019, at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in New York City, United States, and ended on March 8, 2020, at the Grand Rex in Paris, France.
In 2003, Mearns became an apprentice with New York City Ballet. She was nominated for a Princess Grace Award and received the Mae L. Wien Awards that year. She became a member of the corps de ballet the following year. [1] In 2006, at age 19 and while she was still in the corps, she was chosen to dance Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. [4]
Square Dance. (ballet) Square Dance is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Antonio Vivaldi 's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli 's Sarabanda, Badinerie e Giga, second and ...
Fancy Free (ballet) Fanfare (ballet) The Firebird. Five (ballet) Five Movements, Three Repeats. Four Bagatelles. Four Last Songs (ballet) The Four Seasons (ballet) The Four Temperaments.