Balanchine in Show Biz
George Balanchine (Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, 1904-1983) is revered as the co-founder (in 1948) and longtime artistic director of the New York City Ballet and the associated School of American Ballet (est. 1934), as well as the "Father of American Ballet", and (let's face it) choreographer of The Nutcracker, an annual NYC holiday tradition. But like […]