| LC control no. | n 50017594 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Balanchine, George |
| Variant(s) | Balanchin, Zhorzh Balanchine, Georges Balanchine, Gyorgy Balanchivadze, Georgiĭ Balanchivadze, Georgiĭ Melitonovich Balanchivadze, Giorgi Balanchivadze, Gyorgy Balančʻivaże, Giorgi Ballanchine, George Баланчивадзе, Георгий |
| Other standard no. | 0000000110211336 6a1eb9ec-78e1-44cc-825b-c02747d66f32 48389458 12305966 Q310184 E39PBJhCFFpxf8FRWrxH9Y6R8C 5551 144698 1800049 |
| Associated country | Russia United States |
| Associated place | Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1904-01-22 |
| Death date | 1983-04-30 |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Ballet Choreography |
| Affiliation | Ballets russes New York City Ballet School of American Ballet |
| Profession or occupation | Ballet dancers Choreographers Musicians |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Complete stories of the great ballets, 1954. Choreography by George Balanchine, 1984: p. 42 (d. 4/30/83, New York City) George Balanchine, c1996: CIP galley (Gyorgy Balanchivadze; Georges Balanchine) LC database, July 9, 2004: (hdgs.: Balanchine, George; Balanchine, George, 1904-) Louisiana purchase, 1940 DLC copy theater program (ballets by George Ballanchine) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1904) Wikipedia, August 20, 2013 (George Balanchine (birth name: Giorgi Balanchivadze; Russian: Гео́ргий Баланчива́дзе = Georgiĭ Balanchivadze) born January 22 [O.S. January 9] 1904 in St. Petersburg; died April 30, 1983 New York City; one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous choreographers. Styled as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet and remained its balletmaster for more than 35 years. In 1924 he fled to Paris and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev invited Balanchine to join the Ballets Russes as a choreographer and soon became ballet master of the company. Between 1924 and Diaghilev's death in 1929, Balanchine created nine ballets, as well as lesser works) Wikipedia, November 6, 2024 (George Balanchine (born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904 [O.S. January 9] - April 30, 1983) was a Georgian-American ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th-century; born in St. Petersburg, Russia; died New York City; invited to America in 1933 by a young arts patron named Lincoln Kirstein, and together they founded the School of American Ballet in 1934 as well as the New York City Ballet in 1948; Georgian: Giorgi Balančʻivaże) American national biography online, November 6, 2024 (Balanchine, George (22 January 1904-30 April 1983), ballet choreographer, was born Georgii Melitonovich Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of Meliton Balanchivadze, a composer, and Maria Nikolaevna Vasil'eva. Balanchine was of Georgian extraction on his father's side; in 1921 graduated with honors from the Petrograd Theater (Ballet) School and was accepted into the corps de ballet of the State Theater of Opera and Ballet (formerly Maryinsky); became the most prolific and arguably the most influential choreographer of this century; became a U.S. citizen in 1939) <https://www.anb.org/display/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1800049> AGORHA, via WWW, November 6, 2024 (Balanchine, George; nationality: Russia; United States; born 9 or 22 January 1904, Saint Petersburg; died 30 April 1983, New York; dancer, choreographer, composer; naturalized American in 1939) <https://agorha.inha.fr/ark:/54721/1eb50ea5-51b1-4a48-991d-8ddd6ded3672> |
| Associated language | eng |
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