Biography
George Balanchine was born in 1904 as Georgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg and revolutionised twentieth-century ballet as co-founder of the New York City Ballet. He is considered the father of neoclassical ballet. Balanchine choreographed over four hundred ballets. His plotless ballets defined the American ballet tradition. He died in 1983 in New York.
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