| Though she rose slowly through the company ranks, her brilliant allegro technique made her a natural Balanchine dancer. |
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| After years of backsliding, the New York City Ballet has recaptured the precision that its signature Balanchine repertory demands. |
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| From somewhere beyond the majestic ceiling's painted clouds, Balanchine must have beamed approval. |
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| Although ballet took on a new look with the abstract terpsichoreans of Balanchine, this 1984 piece for me was the onset of contemporary ballet. |
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| Showcasing its roster of brilliant ballerinas, the Kirov offers sparkling versions of Petipa and Balanchine. |
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| Balanchine thought ballets were like butterflies that could not be kept from one generation to the next. |
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| Farrell's golden reputation as a coach of the Balanchine ballets has attracted much attention. |
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| She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style. |
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| By her second year she was dancing soloist roles in the Balanchine repertory. |
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| Tomasson mentioned that Balanchine had created the work in an hour and twenty minutes, asking Tomasson to show it to him. |
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| The soloists, too, delivered a fetching geometry onstage, delightful to Balanchine aficionados anytime. |
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| What Joffrey observers often admire most now is the beauty and fineness of the women's pointe work, so essential for dancing Balanchine. |
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| This made a dispiriting start to the evening, which is something one doesn't often say about Balanchine. |
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| His Swan Lake was a surprising interpolation in a Balanchine tribute. |
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| She and Balanchine parted ways in the early 50s, and he would have other muses, but Tallchief was the template for them all. |
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| Tallchief was soon married to famed Russian choreographer George Balanchine, despite the 21-year age difference. |
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| He had gone on to such projects as a 28-foot marionette for the 1965 Balanchine production of Don Quixote. |
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| Tanny came to be known as the epitome of a Balanchine dancer, with her long legs and graceful, fluid lines. |
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| Balanchine danced the role of Polio and Tanaquil, the Etruscan Queen sensitive to omens, danced the victim. |
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| Mr. Balanchine was at all times a cavalier, a real gentleman. |
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| Balanchine devoted himself to her recuperation, motivated, it seemed, partly by guilt. |
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| The conductor Robert Irving began to insist on a faster tempo, and Balanchine rechoreographed it when Ms. Paul left. |
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| The sheer danciness of most Balanchine ballets gives audiences a basically exhilarating time. |
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| I Remember how Frank, light-on-his-feet balletomane, improvised his version of Balanchine choreography, twirling deftly across his loft. |
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| George Balanchine was another to create a Midsummer Night's Dream ballet based on the play, using Mendelssohn's music. |
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| She married Balanchine in 1952, leaving Robbins heartbroken. |
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| While Brandsen owes some debt to Balanchine, he offers a fresh look and approach, wonderfully independent, and sensitive to the contrapuntal values of the composer. |
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| The Kirov has the means to flesh out the Balanchine steps and make them sing with cantilena, a Russian eliding of musical impulses into luscious phrases. |
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