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Owings and Merrill Skidmore Owings and Merrill Skidmore
Owings and Merrill Skidmore American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897-1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903-84), and John O. Merrill (1896-1975). The firm helped to popularize the International style during the postwar period. Their best-known early work is... Read more
Ballets Russes Ballets Russes
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ballet ballet
ballet [Ital. ballare =to dance], classic, formalized solo or ensemble dancing of a highly controlled, dramatic nature performed to music. See also dance ; modern dance . The Development of Ballet in Western Europe Foreshadowed in earlier mummeries and lavish masquerades, ballet emerged as a... Read more
Comedie-Ballet Comedie-Ballet
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Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins 1918-98, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City as Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz. Robbins began his career dancing in musicals (1937). In 1940 he joined the Ballet Theatre and in 1948 became associate artistic director of the New York City Ballet . The first ballet he... Read more
Peter Martins Peter Martins
Peter Martins 1946-, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. He studied at the School of the Royal Danish Ballet and performed with its company (1965-69). In 1969 he joined the New York City Ballet , where he danced in numerous ballets, including Chaconne and Vienna Waltzes, often partnering... Read more
George Balanchine George Balanchine
George Balanchine , 1904-83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze. The son of a composer, Balanchine attended the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, and performed in Russia. In 1924 he toured Europe and joined Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes... Read more
Agnes de Mille Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille (Agnes George de Mille) , 1905-93, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City; granddaughter of Henry George , daughter of playwright director W. C. de Mille, and niece of Cecil B. De Mille . After her concert debut in 1928, she went to London and worked with Antony ... Read more
Dent Blanche Dent Blanche
Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (b Fulham, London, 1905; d London, 1951). Eng. composer, conductor, and critic. Ballet Romeo and Juliet commissioned by Diaghilev and prod. Monte Carlo 1926. Series of brilliant works est. him with Walton among leading younger Eng. composers. Influenced by jazz, esp. ... Read more
Fernando Sor Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor Spanish musician Fernando Sor (1778–1839), perhaps more than anyone else, took the guitar from being an instrument of Spanish minstrels and Italian serenaders to being a classical instrument. He has been given only brief mention in standard music histories, but a resurgence of... Read more

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