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Balanchine

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Bal·an·chine  (bln-chn, bln-chn), George Originally Georgi Balanchivadze. 1904-1983.
Russian-born American ballet director and choreographer who became artistic director of the New York City Ballet in 1948 and choreographed more than 100 ballets, including Firebird (1950) and Don Quixote (1965).
Balanchine [ˈbælənˌtʃiːn ˌbælənˈtʃiːn]
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(Biographies / Balanchine, George (1904-1983) M, USnational of birth: Russian, DANCE: choreographer) George. 1904-83, US choreographer, born in Russia
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Noun1.Balanchine - United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
George Balanchine
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Balanchine Variations By Nancy Goldner Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Balanchine Variations by Hering, Doris / Dance Magazine
” The dances created by the great choreographer George Balanchine call for and conjure a human ideal, a sheerly aesthetic vision of people perfected, or as perfect as is humanly possible.
Dancers pass the Balanchine test by Joe Brown / Las Vegas Sun
10 and 11, they feature works by New York City Ballet masters George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins -- excerpts from Balanchine's Jewels, his complete ballet Agon, and Robbins' In the Night.
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