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George Balanchine

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born

January 22, 1904 in Saint Petersberg, Russian Federation

died

April 30, 1983

gender

male

website

http://balanchine.org/balanchine/index.html

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Music, Arts & Photography

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George Balanchine, born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Georgian parents, was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet: his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical forms and techniques. He was a choreographer known for his musicality; he did not illustrate music but expressed it in dance and worked extensively with Igor Stravinsky, his contemporary.

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Books by George Balanchine

Average rating: 3.90 · 81 ratings · 6 reviews · 9 distinct works

	101 Stories of the Great Ballets: The Scene-by-Scene Stories of the Most Popular Ballets, Old and New by George Balanchine, Francis Mason 3.90 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets by George Balanchine, Francis Mason, Jeffrey Bairstow 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Choreography By George Balanchine: A Catalogue Of Works 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	Balanchine's Festival of Ballet by George Balanchine, Francis Mason 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990	My rating:
	Baryshnikov From Russia To The West by George Balanchine, Frances Mason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Choreography of George Balanchine: 2a Catalogue of Works 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	Schlaflose Nächte mit Tschaikowsky : das Leben Balanchines in Gesprächen mit Solomon Volkov by George Balanchine, Solomon M. Volkov 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology (Borzoi Books) by Lincoln Kirstein, Muriel Stuart, George Balanchine (Preface by) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	The Classic Ballet: Basic Technique and Terminology by Muriel Stuart, Lincoln Kirstein, George Balanchine (Preface) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by George Balanchine

“I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ”
― George Balanchine

tags: dance

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“Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.”
― George Balanchine

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“See the music, hear the dance.”
― George Balanchine