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George Balanchine was a renowned Russian-American choreographer, one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet. He was born on January 22, 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother. He began his ballet training at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, and later studied at the Petrograd Conservatory of Music. In 1924, Balanchine moved to Paris, where he worked with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He choreographed several ballets for the company, including Apollo (1928), Prodigal Son (1929), and The Nutcracker (1934). In 1933, Balanchine moved to the United States and founded the School of American Ballet in New York City. He also co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948, and served as its artistic director until his death in 1983. Throughout his career, Balanchine choreographed more than 400 ballets, including such classics as Serenade (1934), Agon (1957), and Jewels (1967). He was also a prolific teacher, and his influence on the development of ballet in the United States was immense. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1979, and was posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 1984.

Popular As Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze (Mr. B, Rat)
Occupation miscellaneous,actor,director
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January 1904
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of death 30 April, 1983
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality Russia

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Who Is George Balanchine's Wife?

His wife is Tanaquil Le Clerq (31 December 1952 - 14 February 1969) ( divorced), Maria Tallchief (16 August 1946 - 7 June 1951) ( annulled), Vera Zorina (24 December 1938 - 17 January 1946) ( divorced), Tamara Geva (24 October 1923 - 1926) ( divorced)

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Wife Tanaquil Le Clerq (31 December 1952 - 14 February 1969) ( divorced), Maria Tallchief (16 August 1946 - 7 June 1951) ( annulled), Vera Zorina (24 December 1938 - 17 January 1946) ( divorced), Tamara Geva (24 October 1923 - 1926) ( divorced)
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1993

His choreography was re-created for the 1993 film version of the production, The Nutcracker (1993).

1981

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 32-35. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

1976

He choreographed the five-part series Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) for PBS and the film The Turning Point (1977).

1970

(February 5, 1970) He was awarded the Handel Medallion, New York City's biggest award for cultural achievement at the State Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City.

1964

Balanchine and New York City Ballet made a home in the New York State Theater building at Lincoln Center, designed by Philip Johnson, in 1964.

1954

In Christmas 1954, Balanchine staged "The Nutcracker" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and started the tradition of seasonal performances of this classic ballet.

1946

In 1946, Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein founded the Ballet Society, renamed the "New York City Ballet" in 1948. It became the most innovative ballet company in the world.

1938

There he promoted his second wife, Vera Zorina, to several leading roles and worked as ballet choreographer in The Goldwyn Follies (1938), On Your Toes (1939), We Are Not Alone (1939), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) and Follow the Boys (1944).

1936

Two of his wives played the same role in different productions of Rodgers and Hart's musical "On Your Toes", and both danced the ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" in it. Tamara Geva appeared in the 1936 original Broadway production, in which her leading man was Ray Bolger, best known for playing "The Scarecrow" in the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (1939). Vera Zorina appeared in the 1939 film version of "On Your Toes", and her leading man was Eddie Albert, who later starred in the hit television series Green Acres (1965). The film version, however, dropped all the songs, although it kept the ballet music.

1935

In 1935, he co-founded the American Ballet, which became the resident company of the Metropolitan Opera for a few years until their separation from the Opera in 1938. Balanchine took his dancers to Hollywood.

1934

There he co-founded the School of American Ballet, which opened its doors on January 2, 1934.

1933

In 1933, he formed "Les Ballets" with Boris Kochno, Diaghilev's last private secretary, and made performances in London. There he was met the young American impresario Lincoln Kirstein, who invited him to start a ballet company in New York. Balanchine said, "Yes.

But first, a school", and came to New York at the end of 1933.

The new home for Balanchine's ballet was commissioned and funded with the help of Kirstein, who served as the general director of Balanchine's ballet company from 1933-89.

Their work was documented from 1933-55 by photographer George Platt Lynes. Their friends and collaborators were Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, Igor Stravinsky, Pavel Tchelitchev, Cecil Beaton, Alexandra Danilova and many others. Balanchine was married four times, all to ballerinas; he also had common-law relationships, but remained childless.

1930

There, from 1930-33, he choreographed three ballets for "Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo", starring Tamara Toumanova. At that time he collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil.

1929

He played a cameo role as a dancer in Dark Red Roses (1929) with Lydia Lopokova, a former Diaghilev ballerina. After a brief stint with the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, Balanchine moved to Monte Carlo.

1924

In 1924, he emigrated from Russia together with his first wife, ballerina Tamara Geva, whom he wed in 1923. That same year auditioned for and was hired as a dancer by impresario Sergei Diaghilev for his "Russian Ballet". A knee injury forced him to quit dancing, and Diaghilev employed him as a choreographer.

From 1924-29 he created nine major ballets as well as choreographing smaller productions. He choreographed such ballets as "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by Maurice Ravel, "Apollon Musagete" and "Le Chant du Rossignol" by Igor Stravinsky, in which he introduced then 14-year-old Alicia Markova. After Diaghilev's death, Balanchine had a few uncertain years.

1921

In 1921, he graduated as a classic ballet dancer. He also studied piano and composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

From 1921-24, he was a dancer with the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).

1914

In 1914, he made his stage debut with the Mariinsky Imperial Ballet as Cupid in "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

1913

George Balanchine was a Georgian-American ballet dancer and one of the foremost choreographers of the 20th century. Regarded as the founder of American ballet, he established and led the New York City Ballet for more than three decades. Balanchine was born Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, the son of Meliton Balanchivadze, a noted Georgian composer who later became the Culture Minister of the first Georgian Democratic Republic. Young Balanchine studied piano with his father from the age of 5. In 1913, he was admitted in the ballet class of the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg.