Tag: George Balanchine
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The Dying Swan Lives
I went to see Swan Lake for the umpteenth time this past weekend in New York City. I went to see the two-act version choreographed by Peter Martins after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, and George Balanchine. It was performed by The New York City Ballet, with Mira Nadon in the lead role as Odette/Odile. There…
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Seeing Dance in Cats, Trees, and at the Edge of the Ocean
Feeling the dancer inside means feeling a heightened sensitivity to fluid movement, grace, and rhythm. It means feeling and living within, and sometimes against, the pull of gravity, wind, and the ebb and flow of tides. George Balanchine, the neoclassical ballet innovator, choreographer, dancer, musician, and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, told his…