When1: 1936
When2: 1962
Who: George Balanchine [Balanchine, George]
What: ballet dancer/choreographer
Where: Russia/USA
works\ Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [1936: modern dance with music by Richard Rodgers]; Le Baiser de la Fée or Fairy's Kiss [1937: music by Stravinsky, based on Ashton's and Nijinska's works]; Four Temperaments [1946: music by Hindemith]; Firebird [1949: music by Stravinsky]; Pas de Deux [1950: music by Leo Delibes, played on pan pipes]; Agon [1957: music by Stravinsky, based on the 17th-century-court saraband, gaillard, and branles dances]; Midsummer Night's Dream [1962: music by Mendelssohn]
Detail: He lived 1909 to 1962.
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