Balanchine, Ballet Master

All things Balanchine, plus some non-B New York City Ballet.

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THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS by George Balanchine Melancholic: Bart Cook Sanguinic: Merrill Ashley & Daniel Duell Phlegmatic: Adam Lüders Choleric: Colleen Neary

New York City Ballet (1977, filming for Dance in America)

📷 Martha Swope

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by George Balanchine Titania: Sara Mearns Oberon: Roman Mejia Puck: Taylor Stanley Bottom: Preston Chamblee Divertissement: Tiler Peck & Tyler Angle

New York City Ballet (2025 Spring Season)

📷 Erin Baiano

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PRODIGAL SON by George Balanchine

Emily Kikta & Roman Mejia

New York City Ballet (2026 Winter Season)

📷 Erin Baiano

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Allegra Kent as the Sleepwalker in Balanchine's La Sonnambula

New York City Ballet (1960)

📷 Martha Swope

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AGON by George Balanchine

Mira Nadon & Peter Walker

New York City Ballet (2026 Spring Season)

📷 Erin Baiano

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Suzanne Farrell & Arthur Mitchell performing the pas de deux from Balanchine’s Agon for American television

New York City Ballet (1966)

📷 Martha Swope

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The iconic "sunburst" pose from George Balanchine's Apollo

New York City Ballet (2025 Spring Season)

Apollo: Chun Wai Chan Terpsichore: Mira Nadon Calliope: Miriam Miller Polyhymnia: Emily Kikta

📷 Erin Baiano

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'suzanne farrell in "vienna waltzes," new york city ballet' in the world's great ballets - john gruen (1981)

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'karin von aroldingen, ib andersen, kyra nichols + suzanne farrell in "apollo," new york city ballet' in the world's great ballets - john gruen (1981)

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SERENADE….this version filmed nearly 50 years ago just feels so fresh to this day. What a masterpiece.

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A minute and a half of Orpheus, with Nicholas Magallanes, Violette Verdy, and Francisco Moncion.

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Peter Martins in the role Balanchine created for him in Stravinsky Violin Concerto in 1977.

Photo: Martha Swope

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Tiler Peck with Roman Mejia in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante.

Photo: Erin Baiano

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Peter Walker in Balanchine's Agon.

Photo: Paul Kolnik

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A studio portrait of Balanchine by Martha Swope from 1968.

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Ib Andersen in Balanchine's Mozartiana, 1981.

Photo: Martha Swope

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Underwood & Underwood :: Russian ballet dancer Alice Nikitina as La Chatte, 1928 in “La Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat), a ten-minute piece with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. | src Getty Images

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