#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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Tanaquil Le Clercq (2 October 1929 - 31 December 2000) and Nicholas Magallanes (27 December 1922 - 2 May 1977), posing on a roof in Venice, wearing their costumes for Metamorphoses, which was produced by the New York City Ballet at the Teatro La Fenice, in September 1953.Music by Paul Hindemith (Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber). Costumes by Barbara Karinska. Choreography by George Balanchine. First given at the  New York City Center on November 25, 1952. Photo: Serge Lido.

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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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Sylvie Guillem

Studio photograph of her dévelopé écarté from George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.

Photo by Gilles Tapie

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Ashley Bouder

Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet), “Tarantella”, choreo by George Balanchine, music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay (Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67), costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), 2011 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Oktyabrskiy Concert Hall Большой концертный зал Октя́брьский, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 22, 2011).

Source and more info at Photographer Stas Levshin on Facebook Photographer Stas Levshin on Instagram

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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, January 22, 1904 – April 30, 1983.

With, left to right, Eugenie Ourroussow, Lincoln Kirstein, and Natalie Molostwoff.

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Noah and the Flood was a music/dance/drama collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky that had its premiere at the City Center on May 24, 1962. Later filmed for television, it is considered a lost ballet. In this picture, the dancers are building the ark.

Photo: CBS/Getty Images

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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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George Balanchine photographed by Irving Penn, New York, 1971.