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Performer: George Balanchine

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ToulouseMaîtres américains

© David Herrero
Hindemith, Adams
George Balanchine; Peter Martins; Ballet de l'Opéra national du Capitole; Michael Balke; Mark Stanley

PragueWho cares?

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Brahms, Gershwin
George Balanchine; The Czech National Ballet; Václav Zahradník; Francois-Noël Cherpin; Jan Beneš; Prague State Opera Orchestra

MadridCompañía Nacional de Danza

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Tschaikowsky, Ravel, Willems
George Balanchine; Jacopo Godani; William Forsythe; Compañía Nacional de Danza; Manuel Coves; Barbara Karinska

ParisJoyaux

© Julien Benhamou | OnP
Fauré, Strawinsky, Tschaikowsky
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Danseurs et danseuses étoiles du Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris; Alondra de la Parra; Alizé Léhon; Christian Lacroix

BarcelonaNumEros

© Compañía Nacional de Danza
Tschaikowsky, Ravel, Verschiedene
George Balanchine; Jacopo Godani; William Forsythe; Compañía Nacional de Danza; Daniel Capps; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Gustavo Díaz-Jerez

New York CityNeoclassical Works – American Ballet Theatre

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Glasunow, Lichtenberger, Tschaikowsky
Sir Frederick Ashton; Kyle Abraham; George Balanchine; American Ballet Theatre; American Ballet Theatre Orchestra
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Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.
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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.
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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.
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New York City Ballet: Pithoprakta makes a long-awaited Earth landing

Mira Nadon and Davide Riccardo in George Balanchine’s Pithoprakta © Erin Baiano
An interesting mix of rarely seen and frequently revived Balanchine ballets at New York City Ballet.
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NYCB: retiring dancers make us ask why they’re retiring!

Dominika Afanasenkov and Victor Abreu in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments © Erin Baiano
NYCB delivers first rate performances of three contrasting masterpieces from George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins in Masters at Work I.
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ENB’s Rhythm Riot: gloriously challenging and diverse

English National Ballet in George Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements © Photography by ASH
In Rhythm Riot, English National Ballet presents a triple bill joined together in quality and contrast like matching pieces of a jigsaw.
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ParisGeorge Balanchine / Ballet Impérial – Who Cares?

Who Cares? par le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Tschaikowsky, Gershwin
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Mikhail Agrest; Xavier Ronze; Mark Stanley; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLe Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
George Balanchine; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Simon Hewett; Christian Lacroix; Jennifer Tipton

ParisLe Palais de Cristal / Daphnis et Chloé

© LIttle Shao | OnP
Bizet, Ravel
George Balanchine; Benjamin Millepied; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Philippe Jordan; Daniel Buren; Christian Lacroix; Madjid Hakimi
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Dreams of Greece: Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé

Léon Bakst: costume designs for Daphnis et Chloé © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France
Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé is an overwhelming sensory experience – but its birth as a production choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes was not without complications...

Choreographing Stravinsky: Balanchine and the Violin Concerto

Lesley Rausch and Jerome Tisserand in Aria I © Pacific Northwest Ballet
An exploration of the two central movements – a pair of contrasting pas de deux – in Balanchine's black-and-white masterpiece, Stravinsky Violin Concerto. 

La música de Stravinsky acaricia a Terpsícore

Reconstrucción de Millicent Hodson de Le Sacre du printemps en el Teatro Mariinsky © Natasha Razina | State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Repasamos la fructífera relación creativa entre Igor Stravinsky y Serguéi Diaghilev y las distintas creaciones del compositor para la compañía Les Ballets Russes.