Press Release Archives

2003 | September
Stravinsky Database Online
Now available live on the Internet is Stravinsky the Global Dancer, a database record of potentially all the dances to the music of this key 20th century composer. A project of Roehampton University of Surrey, compiled by Stephanie Jordan and Larraine Nicholas, the database comprises over 1000 entries to date and viewers are invited to make contributions to expand the current bank of information. Balanchine is, unsurprisingly, the most featured choreographer with 39 entries to his name. The database can be found at www.roehampton.ac.uk/stravinsky.

2003 | April
Helgi Tomasson To Tape Video For The George Balanchine Foundation
Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, will teach and coach on camera the male solo from George Balanchine’s Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée” (The Fairy’s Kiss). The taping will take place on April 21, 2003, at San Francisco Ballet’s Jewett Studio (ground floor) at 455 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA.| Read the full press release »

Studio 54
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
The George Balanchine Foundation presents
"AN EVENING WITH BALANCHINE"
BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD
George Balanchine choreographed numerous works for stage and screen of great significance. His body of work, which encompassed musical revues, operettas, Broadway shows and Hollywood films were part of shows that were enormously popular and reflected and directed American tastes in entertainment for almost twenty years. | More information »

Walter Reade Theater
Friday January 17th at 7pm
Saturday January 18th at 1pm
Dance Films Association's 31st annual Dance On Camera Festival 2003 presents Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky
Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky celebrates the seminal collaboration of the 20th century between a composer and a choreographer. Conceived and written by dance historian and musicologist Stephanie Jordan, the video shows the extraordinary range of ways in which Balanchine approached Stravinsky’s music over the years. The major focus is Agon, but sections from many other Stravinsky/Balanchine ballets are analyzed such as Apollo, Duo Concertant and the Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée. | Read more about this event »

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2002 | December
"Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky" In North American Premiere At Dance On Camera Festival 2003
The George Balanchine Foundation is pleased to announce the release of "Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky," the first videotape in a new series planned by The Foundation entitled Musical Balanchine. | Read the full press release »

2002 | September
Lourdes Lopez Named Executive Director Of The George Balanchine Foundation
Lourdes Lopez has been appointed as the new executive director of The George Balanchine Foundation. A former principal dancer of New York City Ballet, Ms. Lopez, will oversee the Foundation's many activities and will work to develop funding to support the organization's projects. | Read the full press release »

2002 | August 16
Frederic Franklin To Tape Video Series For The George Balanchine Foundation
Frederic Franklin, leading dancer and ballet master of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Artistic Director Emeritus of Cincinnati Ballet, will teach and coach on camera three roles from George Balanchine's mystical ballet, La Sonnambula. The taping will take place on August 20, 2002, at the Cincinnati Ballet's studios at 1555 Central Parkway in Cincinnati, Ohio. | Read the full press release »

2002 | March 18
The George Balanchine Foundation Issues Seven Additional Archival Tapes
The George Balanchine Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of seven additional tapes in its archival video series. Adding to both the Archive of Lost Choreography and the Interpreters Archive, the new tapes capture the artistry of Todd Bolender, Frederic Franklin, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent and Maria Tallchief as they coach Balanchine repertory with dancers from several top American dance companies. | Read the full press release »

1999 | November 5
Melissa Hayden To Tape Video Series For The George Balanchine Foundation
Melissa Hayden, outstanding classical and dramatic ballerina with the New York City Ballet for many years, will teach and coach roles Balanchine created for her for the cameras of The George Balanchine Foundation's Interpreters Archives. | Read the full press release »

1999 | October 1
Allegra Kent To Tape Video Series For The George Balanchine Foundation
Allegra Kent, leading dancer with the New York City Ballet for more than thirty years, will teach and coach on camera two Balanchine roles long associated with herspecial qualities of mystery and delicacy. | Read the full press release »

1998 | August 28
Frederic Franklin To Tape Video Series For The George Balanchine Foundation
Franklin, leading dancer and rehearsal master of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, will teach and coach five classical female variations from the ballet Raymonda for the cameras of The George Balanchine Foundation's Archive of Lost Choreography. | Read the full press release »

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