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New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the ...
New York City Ballet. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ abKisselgoff, Anna (June 15, 1989). "City Ballet Announces Promotions of 16". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (June 7, 2010). "Farewell, My Lovelies: A Ballerina Hangs Up Her Toeshoes".
Company City State Years active Web site Ajkun Ballet Theatre: New York: New York: 2000–present: www.ajkunbt.org: Alabama Ballet: Birmingham: Alabama: 1981–present
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) is an American professional ballet company and school based in Harlem, New York City. It was founded in 1969 under the directorship of Arthur Mitchell and later partnered with Karel Shook. Milton Rosenstock served as the company's music director from 1981 to 1992. The artistic director has been Robert Garland since ...
Career. Finlay, dancing in evening dress, 2017. Finlay became an apprentice with NYCB in September 2008. He became a member of the corps de ballet in September 2009. While still a member of the corps de ballet, he danced the title role in George Balanchine 's Apollo. [3][4] He was promoted to soloist in July 2011, and to principal in February 2013.
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 [2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. [citation needed] Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring ...
Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn, July 28, 1934 – May 2, 2021) [1] was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953, and throughout his time with the company he danced 24 roles for George Balanchine. He also made film appearances ...
Sean Lavery (August 16, 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – February 26, 2018 in Palm Springs, California) [citation needed] was a former principal dancer, balletmaster, and assistant to the balletmaster in chief at New York City Ballet. He was a répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and a former faculty member at the School of American ...