Balanchine
Americannoun
noun
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In another, the Balanchine ballerina Diana Adams struts around as a jealous, leggy hatcheck girl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Films used ballet as a perfunctory nod to high culture, for instance employing the likes of George Balanchine to create brief numbers for films such as “The Goldwyn Follies” in 1938.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The new creations entered the repertory amid a number of authoritative performances of tried and true ballets—mostly by the troupe’s incomparable founding choreographer George Balanchine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
We’ve now had a century of modern dance, led by the likes of Merce Cunningham, George Balanchine and many others whose modernism delved into the very essence of the body’s ability to express the ineffable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
“Michaela, what a clever little girl you are! This is the Balanchine Nutcracker, performed by the New York City Ballet!”
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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