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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".
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.
In 2011, Fairchild married fellow New York City Ballet principal Andrew Veyette, [6] but they quietly divorced in 2017. [7] She is the mother of three daughters, including a pair of twins. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] She has a degree in mathematics and economics from Fordham University [ 11 ] and is currently studying for an M.B.A. at New York University .
ballet dancer. Years active. 2017–present. Career. Current group. New York City Ballet. Mira Nadon (born 2001 or 2002) [1] is an American ballet dancer. She joined the New York City Ballet in 2018, and in 2023, she was promoted to principal dancer, as the first Asian American woman to hold this position.
June 14, 1979 (1979-06-14) New York State Theater. Original ballet company. New York City Ballet. Created for. Mikhail Baryshnikov. Patricia McBride. Opus 19/The Dreamer is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to Sergei Prokofiev 's Violin Concerto No. 1. The ballet premiered on June 14, 1979 at the New York State Theater, danced by the New ...
New York Theatre Ballet. New York Theatre Ballet or NYTB was founded in 1978 by Diana Byer, who became its artistic director. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets. New York Theatre Ballet has performed works by choreographers including ...
Floor-Barre. Floor-barre is a technique in ballet training that "takes the basic ballet barre training from the standing position to the floor, "taking the effort of standing out of the equation." Zena Rommett (R) originated Floor Barre in the 1960s in New York City one day in class, when she found herself telling the students at the ballet ...