NEW YORK CITY BALLET MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

From: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) | Date: January 31, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press
The Columbian
01-31-1999
NEW YORK - One night in 1948, dancing bodies filled a Manhattan stage and leaped into the avant-garde. It was the birth of the New York City Ballet.
Lightning-fast feet. Arms cutting clean through the air, like propelled feathers. A woman, suspended high above a man, seemingly weightless.
These heart-stopping illusions were George Balanchine's choreography for his company's opening triple bill: "Concerto Barocco," "Orpheus" and "Symphony in C."
American dance would never be the same again.
The Russian-born genius who ...

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