George Balanchine, Ballet Master

George Balanchine, Ballet Master
Author: Richard Buckle
Publisher: New York : Random House
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780394539065

A portrait of one of the greatest choreographers of all time chronicles his career as a dance student in Russia, his work with Diaghilev and on Broadway, and his founding of the School of American Ballet and The New York City Ballet.

George Balanchine

George Balanchine
Author: Davida Kristy
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780822549512

A biography of the Russian-born choreographer largely responsible for popularizing and developing ballet in the United States.

Balletmaster

Balletmaster
Author: Moira Shearer
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1987
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

It was their sole encounter, but the sheer force and élan of Balanchine's personality, technique and genius held the young ballerina in total thrall from that day to this. As Moira Shearer observed his works over the years, she determined to set down Balanchine's extraordinary career and tempestuous life from a dancer's perspective. She researched his Russian youth, and the dazzling Diaghilev and continental years. She talked with key colleagues, ex-wives and impresarios as living background to her account of his hard-won triumphs with the New York City Ballet as the most innovative and important choreographer of this century. The story of Balanchine's life is here is full, the romantic destructiveness and willfulness along with the genius, but it is informal and distillate rather than compendious.

George Balanchine

George Balanchine
Author: Richard Buckle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Biografie van de oorspronkelijk Russische choreograaf.

Balanchine's Apprentice

Balanchine's Apprentice
Author: John Clifford
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0813072018

A talented young dancer and his brilliant teacher In this long-awaited memoir, dancer and choreographer John Clifford offers a highly personal look inside the day-to-day operations of the New York City Ballet and its creative mastermind, George Balanchine. Balanchine’s Apprentice is the story of Clifford—an exceptionally talented artist—and the guiding inspiration for his life’s work in dance. Growing up in Hollywood with parents in show business, Clifford acted in television productions such as The Danny Kaye Show, The Dinah Shore Show, and Death Valley Days. He recalls the beginning of his obsession with ballet: At age 11 he was cast as the Prince in a touring production of The Nutcracker. The director was none other than the legendary Balanchine, who would eventually invite Clifford to New York City and shape his career as both a mentor and artistic example. During his dazzling tenure with the New York City Ballet, Clifford danced the lead in 47 works, several created for him by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and others. He partnered famous ballerinas including Gelsey Kirkland and Allegra Kent. He choreographed eight ballets for the company, his first at age 20. He performed in Russia, Germany, France, and Canada. Afterward, he returned to the West Coast to found the Los Angeles Ballet, where he continued to innovate based on the Balanchine technique. In this book, Clifford provides firsthand insight into Balanchine’s relationships with his dancers, including Suzanne Farrell. Examining his own attachment to his charismatic teacher, Clifford explores questions of creative influence and integrity. His memoir is a portrait of a young dancer who learned and worked at lightning speed, who pursued the calls of art and genius on both coasts of America and around the world.

Balanchine

Balanchine
Author: Reine Duell Bethany
Publisher: Branden Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780828324571

The biography of one of the world's leading experts on Ballet.

George Balanchine

George Balanchine
Author: Robert Gottlieb
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004-10-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0060750707

Part of the Eminent Lives Series, this biography, written by the gifted author Robert Gottlieb, will describe the life of the dynamic George Balanchine, the foremost contemporary choreographer in ballet. Timed to coincide with the 2004 centenary of the artist's birth. The life and achievement of the great choreographer who both summed up everything that proceeded him in ballet, and extended the art form into radical yet inevitable new paths. Leaving Revolutionary Russia in 1924 (he was 20), he joined Serge Diaghilev's famous Ballets Russes, where he created his first enduring masterpiece, Apollo, cementing his lifelong collaboration with Stravinsky. In 1933 he arrived in America to found a school and a company, but the company as we know it – The New York City Ballet – didn't emerge until 1948. Meanwhile, he made ballets wherever opportunity allowed, while choreographing Broadway shows (four for Rodgers and Hart), movies (The Goldwyn Follies), even the circus – a ballet for elephants with a score by Stravinsky. By the time of his death, in 1983, he had been recognized as a member of the triad of the greatest modern masters, alongside Picasso and Stravinsky. Balanchine was married many times, always to outstanding ballerinas, but his truest muse always remained Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance.

Balanchine the Teacher

Balanchine the Teacher
Author: Barbara Walczak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

This work is a technical explanation of the stylistic approach that George Balanchine taught in New York City between 1940 and 1960, as recorded by two prominent dancers who studied with him at the time.