#George Balanchine

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Ballerinas standing on window sill in rehearsal room at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Life, 1936

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Costumes for George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” designed by Barbara Karinska

from The New York Public Library Digital Collections

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the famous fouettés of swan lake

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featured above is chloe misseldine, prima ballerina of american ballet theatre, as odile in ‘swan lake’.

the thirty-two fouettés in swan lake, and the embodiment of odette and odile as a whole are considered a stepping stone into a ballerina’s career as a prima. a debut is ultimately a test, a deciding factor in whether a company decides to promote a dancer or leave her alone. the fouettés of odile are difficult, requiring much strength, stamina, and training, performed during the coda after a lengthy pas de deux and variation. the legendary pierina legnani was the first ballerina to accomplish this feat in 1895, the fouettés being added just for her by choreographer marius petipa.

misseldine is the most recent ballerina to join the ranks of principal in the company: her promotion was on july 3rd, 2024, after her performance of odette/odile at the metropolitan opera house in manhattan, new york.

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footage sourced from @juliette_2626’s story on instagram, july 3rd, 2024, the met opera.

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Ballet "L'Errante", Ilse Bing, Paris 1933

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Tamara Toumanova and Roman Jasinski in the first version of Mozartiana, for the Paris-based Les Ballets 1933 season at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It had costumes by Christian Bérard. Published in the October 1933 issue of Vanity Fair.

Photo: George Hoyningen-Huene

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INDIANA WOODWARD in NYCB's LA SOURCE La Source embodies charm, femininity, and coquetry. There is a certain sense of sophistication in the sense of a civilized social encounter with the audience. - VIOLETTE VERDY

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george balanchine; jewels third act 'diamonds'

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Arthur Mitchell and Diana Adams rehearsing Agon in front of Balanchine and Stravinsky.

Ph. by Martha Swope (1957)

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New York City Ballet photographed by Costas

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Unity Phelan and Russel Janzen in Serenade (New York City Ballet 2023)

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Two ballerinas thoughtfully gazing out of studio window while standing on sill in rehearsal room at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet

Alfred Eisenstaedt, “The American Ballet,” Life, December 28, 1936

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New York City Ballet Presents George Balanchine's JEWELS

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the nutcracker (1993)

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corps de ballet of the new york city ballet performing “waltz of the snowflakes”

dir. by emile ardolino, choreo. by george balanchine

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Students at the School of American Ballet, 1936. It was then on Madison Ave.; now it's part of Lincoln Center.

Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine via Life IG

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Unity Phelan and Alec Knight in the second movement of Balanchine's Symphony in C, October 15, 2023. Click/tap to enlarge.

Photo: Erin Baiano