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George Balanchine

American choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904–1983)

January 22, 1904Born
April 30, 1983Died
Saint PetersburgPlace of birth

Facts

Born
January 22, 1904
Died
April 30, 1983
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg
Place of death
New York City
Occupations
choreographer, scenographer, screenwriter, dancer, ballet dancer, ballet master

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q310184

Ballets choreographed · 67

BalletPremiereMusic
CoppéliaMay 25, 1870Léo Delibes
Jack in the BoxJune 3, 1926Erik Satie
ApolloApril 27, 1928Igor Stravinsky
The Prodigal Son1929Sergei Prokofiev
The Seven Deadly SinsJune 7, 1933Kurt Weill
Serenade1934Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Jeu de cartesApril 27, 1937Igor Stravinsky
The Card GameApril 27, 1937—
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2June 25, 1941Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Circus Polka1942Igor Stravinsky
La ValseFebruary 20, 1951Maurice Ravel
Capriccio BrillanteJune 7, 1951—
À la FrançaixSeptember 11, 1951—
CaracoleFebruary 19, 1952—
ConcertinoDecember 30, 1952Jean Françaix
Western SymphonySeptember 7, 1954Hershy Kay
Allegro BrillanteMarch 1, 1956Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Divertimento No. 15May 31, 1956—
AgonDecember 1, 1957Igor Stravinsky
A Midsummer Night's DreamJanuary 17, 1962Felix Mendelssohn
The FloodJune 14, 1962Igor Stravinsky
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue1964—
JewelsApril 13, 1967Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gabriel Fauré
Who Cares?February 5, 1970George Gershwin
Apollon MusagèteFebruary 2, 1974Igor Stravinsky
Ballo della ReginaJanuary 12, 1978Giuseppe Verdi
Kammermusik No. 2January 26, 1978—
Allegro BrillanteAugust 12, 1982—
Ballade (Balanchine)—Gabriel Fauré
Bayou—Virgil Thomson
Bourrée Fantasque—Emmanuel Chabrier
Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet—Johannes Brahms
Concerto Barocco—Johann Sebastian Bach
Danses concertantes—Igor Stravinsky
Episodes—Anton Webern
Ivesiana—Charles Ives
Le chant du rossignol—Igor Stravinsky
Le tombeau de Couperin—Maurice Ravel
Liebeslieder Walzer—Johannes Brahms
Metastaseis and Pithoprakta—Iannis Xenakis
Monumentum pro Gesualdo—Igor Stravinsky
Mozartiana—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Noah and the Flood—Igor Stravinsky
Orpheus—Igor Stravinsky
Perséphone—Igor Stravinsky
Ragtime—Igor Stravinsky
Ragtime—Igor Stravinsky
Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze—Robert Schumann
Scotch Symphony—Felix Mendelssohn
Serenade—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Stars and Stripes—John Philip Sousa
Stravinsky Violin Concerto—Igor Stravinsky
Symphonie Concertante—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C—Georges Bizet
Symphony in Three Movements—Igor Stravinsky
Tango—Igor Stravinsky
Tarantella—Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The Four Temperaments—Paul Hindemith
The Steadfast Tin Soldier—Georges Bizet
Theme and Variations—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky