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New York City Ballet Diamond Project Choreographers
The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers. Choreographers 1992 * David Allan * John Alleyne * Bart Cook * William Forsythe *Robert La Fosse * Miriam Mahdaviani *Peter Martins * Toni Pimble * Alexandre Proia * Richard Tanner *Lynne Taylor-Corbett 1994 * David Allan * John Alleyne *Ulysses Dove * Anna Laerkesen *Robert La Fosse * Miriam Mahdaviani * Trey McIntyre * Kevin O'Day *Peter Martins * Richard Tanner *Lynne Taylor-Corbett *Damian Woetzel 1997 * Christopher d'Amboise *Robert La Fosse * Miriam Mahdaviani * Kevin O'Day *Angelin Preljocaj *Christopher Wheeldon 2000 * Christopher d'Amboise * Miriam Mahdaviani * Kevin O'Day * Helgi Tomasson *Christopher Wheeldon 2002 * Melissa Barak * Stephen Baynes *Mauro Bigonzetti * Albert Evans * Miriam Mahdaviani *Peter Martins *Christopher Whee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet, American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan" (review of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
