Balanchine made three new ballets, Tango, Élégie, and Persephone, and a new version of Variations. In 1982, Balanchine organized a centennial celebration in honor of his long-time collaborator Igor Stravinsky, during which the City Ballet performed twenty-five ballets set to the composer's music. See also: Category:New York City Ballet Stravinsky Centennial Celebration Philip Johnson and John Burgee's stage setting of translucent tubing was designed to be hung and lit in different architectural configurations throughout the entire festival. In addition to presenting these and repertory ballets, Balanchine re-choreographed his Mozartiana from 1933. Balanchine, Joseph Duell, d'Amboise, Peter Martins, Robbins, and Taras created twelve new dances. In 1981, Balanchine planned a two-week NYCB festival honoring the Russian composer Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky. High points included Balanchine's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Robbins' Mother Goose. Repertory ballets were performed as well. Balanchine, Robbins, Jacques d'Amboise, and Taras made sixteen new ballets for the occasion. In 1975, Balanchine paid his respects to the French composer Maurice Ravel with a two-week Hommage à Ravel. The composer conducted the April 27th premiere of Card Party. Balanchine had produced an earlier Stravinsky festival in 1937 as balletmaster of the American Ballet while engaged by the Metropolitan Opera. He and Robbins co-choreographed and performed in Pulcinella. Balanchine created Symphony in Three Movements, Duo Concertant, and Violin Concerto for the occasion.
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His programs included twenty-two new works of his own dances, plus works by choreographers Todd Bolender, John Clifford, Lorca Massine, Jerome Robbins, Richard Tanner, and John Taras, as well as repertory ballets by Balanchine and Robbins. In 1972, Balanchine offered an eight-day tribute to the composer, his great collaborator, who had died the year before. See also: Category:New York City Ballet Stravinsky Festival David H. Many dancers with already developed reputations have also joined the ballet as principal dancers: City Ballet has trained and developed many great dancers since its formation. City Ballet has performed The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and many more. It often stages 60 ballets or more in its winter and spring seasons at Lincoln Center each year, and 20 or more in its summer season in Saratoga Springs. NYCB still has the largest repertoire by far of any American ballet company. He worked closely with choreographer Jerome Robbins, who resumed his connection with the company in 1969 after having produced works for Broadway.
He created works that were the basis of the company's repertory until his death in 1983. The School of American Ballet (S.A.B.), which Balanchine founded, is the training school of the company.Īfter the company's move to the State Theater, Balanchine's creativity as a choreographer flourished. Koch Theater on 63rd Street in Manhattan, and another at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, in Saratoga Springs, New York.
City Ballet became the first ballet company in the United States to have two permanent venue engagements: one at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, designed by Philip Johnson to Balanchine's specifications. Its success was marked by its move to the New York State Theater, now David H. The company was named New York City Ballet in 1948 when it became resident at City Center of Music and Drama. In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it." He served as the company's General Director from 1946 to 1989, developing and sustaining it by his organizational and fundraising abilities. History New York City Ballet in Amsterdam with George Balanchine City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934 the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941 and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director.
Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.
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