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Nov. 16, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
The New York City Ballet will present eight works by its late founding artistic director, George Balanchine, during an Oct. 15-19 engagement at the Orange County Performing Arts Center--the company’s first Southern California visit in 12 years.
April 5, 1986
Suzanne Farrell, his onetime muse and star, burnishes the George Balanchine legend in directing her own troupe, due for a local debut.
Nov. 2, 2003
Storytelling mime and abstract dance alternate in George Balanchine’s ‘Don Q’ at the Kennedy.
June 28, 2005
Ask Maria Tallchief for a global reading on the state of dance today, and America’s first internationally celebrated ballerina straightens her still-supple back, locks eyes with a listener and launches ahead: “We’re in a period of flux now.
June 28, 1987
The upcoming “new” year for New York City Ballet, which begins with its one-week season on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, marks the first year that Peter Martins is officially, single-handedly in charge of the company that George Balanchine left.
Sept. 20, 1990
Preliminary casting has been announced by New York City Ballet for its seven-performance engagement beginning Tuesday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.
Sept. 21, 1990
Aug. 31, 2010
“It’s all in the programs,” the late George Balanchine once replied to questions about his personal life.
May 24, 1993
Who owns the ballets of George Balanchine? Is the obvious answer the most truthful?
Sept. 27, 1990