Dance historians often note that George Balanchine adored women. Sure: so did Henry VIII. The Russian-American choreographer ...
Symphony in C by Georges Bizet (incredibly, written when he was only seventeen) is the icing on the cake. Women in white ...
A glaring exception to that plot-free norm – in terms of Balanchine’s surviving ballets, at least – is The Prodigal Son (1929), the centrepiece of the Royal Ballet’s impeccably-chosen ...
A triple bill of works by Balanchine shows off both the dancers' versatility and his own wide ranging skills as a ...
Prodigal Son and Symphony in C. Serenade, Balanchine's first original ballet created in America in 1935, was first performed by The Royal Ballet in 1964. Set to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Serenade for ...
Read our review of Royal Ballet's George Balanchine triple bill, the last show of the Dance Reflections festival ...
Last Updated on March 31, 2025 The Best of ‘Mr B’ 5.0 out of 5.0 stars On Friday, 28th March, The Royal Ballet opened ...
Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze – George Balanchine to the world – was the Russian-born choreographer of Georgian descent ...