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Learn about the history, repertory, and dancers of New York City Ballet, a ballet company founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein in 1948. The company performs at Lincoln Center and Saratoga Springs, and has staged festivals of Stravinsky, Ravel, and Tschaikovsky.
Nicholas Magallanes (November 27, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet. [1] Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Clercq, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed Ballet Society, the immediate predecessor of the New York City Ballet.
Edward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, considered America's most celebrated male dancer of ballet. He danced with New York City Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Bolshoi Theatre, and founded Miami City Ballet in 1985.
A biography of Jacques d'Amboise, an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator who joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and danced 24 roles for George Balanchine. Learn about his film appearances, his National Dance Institute, and his awards and honors.
UTech, Ja is a public university in Jamaica with over 12,000 students and 90 programmes. It has four campuses, including Papine Campus, and offers courses in business, health, engineering, law, and more.
Heather Watts is a former principal dancer and teacher with the New York City Ballet, who performed many roles created by Balanchine and others. She is also a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a co-author of a cookbook, and a recipient of several awards and honors.
Suki Schorer is an American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer. She danced with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet from 1959 to 1972. Suki Schorer teaches at the School of American Ballet, [1] the official school of the New York City Ballet and is a Balanchine Trust répétiteur.
Joseph Duell (April 30, 1956 – February 16, 1986) was an American dancer and choreographer for the New York City Ballet.The day after his performance in George Balanchine's Symphony in C, for which he was praised for the elegance of his classical style, Duell jumped from the window of his apartment building on West 77th Street and died in an apparent suicide.