Attitudes.(George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Barnes, Clive | Copyright information

THE YEAR 1904 was a very good year for dance: It was that prime vintage that saw the birth of both George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton, conceivably the two greatest classical ballet choreographers of the twentieth century. The dangerously amusing spell-check on my computer renders their names as Galantine and Asthenia, and I am sure that one day someone's inadequate command of that "Ignore" key will immortalize those names in print. However, the Georgian Balanchine (originally B...

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