Balanchine technique or Balanchine method is the ballet performance style invented by dancer, choreographer, and teacher George Balanchine (1904–1983)...
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neoclassical music. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Balanchine took the standards and technique from his time at the Imperial Ballet School and fused...
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He studied a variety of styles including the Vaganova method and Balanchine technique. During the four and a half years Bell's father was stationed in...
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Textbook on Partnering, University of Florida, 2000 Suki Schorer, On Balanchine Technique, Partnering section, p. 383, Knopf 1999, ISBN 0-679-45060-2...
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Maria Tallchief (section Balanchine era)
1974, she founded Lyric Opera's ballet school, where she taught the Balanchine technique. Explaining her teaching philosophy she wrote "New ideas are essential...
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former New York City Ballet principal Yvonne Mousey and learned the Balanchine technique. While performing on Broadway in Susan Stroman's revival of the Meredith...
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steadfast in its firm commitment to classical ballet technique. Upon his graduation, Balanchine earned the privilege of choreographing for the Ballets...
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division. Like the company, the school focuses on the Balanchine method (or Balanchine technique). MCB school students have the opportunity to perform...
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Ballet (section Balanchine method)
The main distinction is that ballet technique is essential to perform a contemporary ballet. George Balanchine is considered to have been a pioneer of...
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Contemporary ballet (section Technique)
to consciously combine ballet and modern techniques in experimentation. One dancer who trained with Balanchine and absorbed much of this neoclassical style...
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