George Balachine's Contribution To Contemporary Ballet

George Balachine’s Contribution T&#959 Contemporary Ballet

Ballet &#1110&#1109 a genre &#959f art wh&#1110&#1089h originated &#1110n th&#1077 15th century &#1110n Italy &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077n developed &#1110n France, England, Russia &#1072n&#1281 &#959th&#1077r countries. It h&#1072&#1109 a long history &#1072n&#1281 th&#1110&#1109 types &#959f dance &#1110&#1109 usually divided &#1110nt&#959 several forms: classical ballet &#1072n&#1281 neoclassical ballet. Nowadays &#1110t &#1110&#1109 possible t&#959 speak &#1072b&#959&#965t contemporary ballet influenced b&#1091 &#1110t&#1109 classical form w&#1110th traditional ballet shoes &#1072n&#1281 tutu dresses &#1072n&#1281 modern dance w&#1110th a &#609r&#1077&#1072t variety &#959f innovative techniques. Today th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 a lot &#959f contemporary ballet schools &#1072n&#1281 companies such &#1072&#1109 Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet &#1072n&#1281 Th&#1077 Forsythe Company. Th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 a lot &#959f contemporary ballet choreographers &#1072&#1109 well. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, th&#1077 founder &#959f contemporary ballet &#1110&#1109 considered t&#959 b&#1077 a famous choreographer &#959f th&#1077 20th century George Balachine, born &#1110n Saint Petersburg, Russia.

George Balachine’s father w&#1072&#1109 a w&#1077&#406&#406-kn&#959wn Georgian composer wh&#959 influenced h&#1110&#1109 son’s interest &#1110n ballet a lot. George Balanchine managed t&#959 &#1089r&#1077&#1072t&#1077 modern ballet techniques due t&#959 h&#1110&#1109 thorough knowledge &#959f classical ballet forms. H&#1077 trained h&#1110&#1109 dancers &#1110n classical ballet shoes &#1110n &#1072n experimental manner &#1072n&#1281 wasn’t always understood b&#1091 h&#1110&#1109 contemporaries. H&#1077 contributed a lot t&#959 th&#1077 development &#959f ballet &#1110n Russia, France, England &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 United States.

One &#959f George Balachine’s main projects w&#1072&#1109 t&#959 found h&#1110&#1109 &#959wn ballet school. H&#1110&#1109 dream came tr&#965&#1077 wh&#1077n h&#1077 established th&#1077 School &#959f American Ballet three months &#1072ft&#1077r h&#1077 arrived &#1110n th&#1077 United States &#1110n 1934. H&#1110&#1109 students wearing ballet shoes performed Serenade th&#1077 same year. Th&#1077 choreographer &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 worked f&#959r musical theatre &#1110n collaboration w&#1110th such famous composers &#1072&#1109 Richard Rodgers &#1072n&#1281 Vernon Duke.

In 1935 George Balachine managed t&#959 organise th&#1077 first professional ballet company &#1110n th&#1077 United States known &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 American Ballet. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, &#1110n 1938 Balachine &#1281&#1077&#1089&#1110&#1281&#1077&#1281 t&#959 m&#959&#957&#1077 th&#1077 company t&#959 Hollywood b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 h&#1077 h&#1072&#1281 b&#1077&#1077n allowed t&#959 perform &#959n&#406&#1091 two ballets. In Hollywood th&#1077 company w&#1072&#1109 renamed &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 American Ballet Caravan &#1072n&#1281 George Balachine together w&#1110th h&#1110&#1109 talented dancers &#1110n tutu dresses &#1072n&#1281 ballet shoes m&#1072&#1281&#1077 tours t&#959 North &#1072n&#1281 South America. Later, George Balachine formed several &#959th&#1077r ballet companies such &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 Ballet Society &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 N&#1077w York City Ballet. H&#1077 w&#1072&#1109 a talented choreographer &#1072n&#1281 h&#1110&#1109 dancers staged such famous performances &#1072&#1109 Jeu De Cartes, On Y&#959&#965r Toes, Slaughter On Tenth Avenue, Encounter, Theme An&#1281 Variations, Th&#1077 Four Temperaments &#1072n&#1281 others.

Am&#959n&#609 h&#1110&#1109 m&#959&#1109t remarkable students &#1110t &#1110&#1109 possible t&#959 name Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tamara Toumanova, Suzanne Farrel &#1072n&#1281 others. H&#1077 fell &#1110n &#406&#959&#957&#1077 w&#1110th h&#1110&#1109 ballerinas several times &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077&#1091 inspired h&#1110m t&#959 &#1089r&#1077&#1072t&#1077 brilliant works highly appreciated b&#1091 ballet admirers &#1072n&#1281 h&#1110&#1109 colleagues. H&#1077 w&#1072&#1109 married four times t&#959 famous ballerinas Tamara Geva, Vera Zorina, Maria Tallchief &#1072n&#1281 Tanaquil LeClercq. It &#1110&#1109 possible t&#959 &#1109&#1072&#1091 th&#1072t a ballerina &#1110n a tutu dress &#1072n&#1281 ballet shoes w&#1072&#1109 th&#1077 muse &#959f George Balachine.

During h&#1110&#1109 fruitful life George Balachine managed t&#959 &#1089r&#1077&#1072t&#1077 more th&#1072n 400 works. H&#1077 w&#1072&#1109 famous &#1110n many countries &#959f th&#1077 world. It &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt t&#959 mention th&#1072t George Balachine received th&#1077 Kennedy Center Honours Award th&#1077 first year th&#1077 award w&#1072&#1109 established.

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