#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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george balanchine; jewels third act 'diamonds'

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

Ph. by Martha Swope (1957)

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

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Miriam Miller as the Sugarplum Fairy and India Bradley as Dewdrop in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (New York City Ballet, 2024)

Photos by Erin Baiano

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New York City Ballet Presents George Balanchine's JEWELS

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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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Allegra Kent in Balancine’s production of The Seven Deadly Sins

Gordon Parks, “The Master of Ballet,“ Life, Dec 22, 1958

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george balanchine; jewels third act 'diamonds'

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George Balanchine | Frederick Melton

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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

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Serge Lifar in Apollon Musagète, choreographed by Balanchine in 1928 to music by Stravinsky, and with costumes by Coco Chanel, for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes

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Costumes for George Balanchine’s “Jewels” (1967) designed by Barbara Karinska

from The New York Public Library Digital Collections