The works were well shot, thanks largely to George Balanchine, at 54 not only the world’s most prolific choreographer (the Sousa ballet was his 93rd), but its finest. Beneath a striped canopy ...
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker is for ... Beautifully schooled in terms of technique, they also came across … as actual children, their smiles remarkably genuine when they came downstage ...
he saw Tallchief’s potential and guided her through exercises and choreography that pushed her body and technique to new levels. She was there when the time was finally right for Balanchine and ...
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®, based on the Alexandre Dumas père version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816), demands a full-scale production.