April 12, 2024
GEORGE BALANCHINE autograph SIGNATURE signed on letterhead BALLET Stravinsky
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Large bold autograph of legendary choreographer GEORGE BALANCHINE on his letterhead , archivally framed with photograph of Balanchine in rehearsal. 6.5 x 8.5 inches, framed to overall dimensions of 14.5 x 18.5 inches. Balanchine was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers , a developer of ballet in the United States and the co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet . He worked extensively with Igor Stravinsky . Thirty-nine of his more than four hundred ballets were choreographed to music by Stravinsky. The founder of the New York City Ballet, Balanchine continued to work with contemporary composers, such as, for example, Paul Hindemith , from whom he commissioned a score in 1940 for The Four Temperaments . First performed on November 20, 1946, this modernist work was one of his early abstract and spare ballets. After several successful performances, the most notable featuring the ballet Orpheus created in collaboration with Stravinsky and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi , the City of New York offered the company residency at the New York City Center . In 1955, Balanchine created his version of The Nutcracker , in which he played the mime role of Drosselmeyer. The company has since performed the ballet every year in New York City during the Christmas season . During the 1960s, Balanchine created and
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