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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.
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.
Author | : Richard Buckle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Biografie van de oorspronkelijk Russische choreograaf.
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.
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.
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.
Author | : George Balanchine |
Publisher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 928 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Charles M. Joseph |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0300129343 |
divdivIgor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, among the most influential artists of the twentieth century, together created the music and movement for many ballet masterpieces. This engrossing book is the first full-length study of one of the greatest artistic collaborations in history. Drawing on extensive new research, Charles M. Joseph discusses the Stravinsky-Balanchine ballets against a rich contextual backdrop. He explores the background and psychology of the two men, the dynamics of their interactions, their personal and professional similarities and differences, and the political and historical circumstances that conditioned their work. He describes the dancers, designers, and sponsors with whom they worked. He explains the two men’s approach to the creative process and the genesis of each of the collaborative ballets, demolishing much received wisdom on the subject. And he analyzes selected sections of music and dance, providing examples of Stravinsky’s working sketches and other helpful illustrative materials. Engagingly written, the book will be of great interest not only to music and dance historians but also to ballet lovers everywhere. /DIV/DIV
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.
Author | : Anne Hogan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Choreographers |
ISBN | : 9780955889622 |
George Balanchine (1904-1983) is among the foremost choreographers of the 20th century. In a career spanning more than six decades and three continents, and with more than 400 dance works to his name, Balachine is one of the major figures of modern art. He established, with Lincoln Kirstein, the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet, where he was ballet master and principal choreographer from 1948 until his death. Through his work with NYCB - as well as in film, musicals and opera - Balanchine revolutionized classical ballet. In this book, leading dancers, choreographers, company directors, critics and academics assess Balanchine's legacy and his relevance to dance today. Richly illustrated, this multi-dimensional dialogue is accessible to anyone wishing to learn more about Balanchine and his continuing impact on dance.