Talking about Mr. B.(Dance Matters)("From the Mariinsky to Manhattan: George Balanchine and the Transformation of American Dance")

From: Dance Magazine | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Nisbett, Susan Isaacs | Copyright information

"World" are what Suzanne Farrell calls George Balanchine's ballets. And like three other key dancers who inhabited these worlds--Maria Tallchief, Violette Verdy, and Edward Villella--and a dozen international Balanchine scholars, Farrell was on hand for "From the Mariinsky to Manhattan: George Balanchine and the Transformation of American Dance," a University of Michigan symposium held in Ann Arbor October 31-November 1, 2003.

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