Balanchine

American  

[bal-uhn-cheen, bal-uhn-cheen] / ˈbæl ənˌtʃin, ˌbæl ənˈtʃin /

noun

1. George, 1904–83, U.S. choreographer, born in Russia.

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Balanchine British  

/ ˈbælənˌtʃiːn, ˌbælənˈtʃiːn /

noun

1. George . 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia

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Example Sentences

George Balanchine’s pellucid “Mozartiana” was the first work to follow “Othello” in the run.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new creations entered the repertory amid a number of authoritative performances of tried and true ballets—mostly by the troupe’s incomparable founding choreographer George Balanchine.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is precisely the next step Balanchine took 40 years later, in 1935, with his “Serenade,” which uses Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings,” written just after he composed “Swan Lake.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s provocative to aspire to slip into the mind of one of ballet’s great masters, but Lincoln Jones sees it as a progression in his long devotion to George Balanchine’s art.

From Los Angeles Times

We’ve now had a century of modern dance, led by the likes of Merce Cunningham, George Balanchine and many others whose modernism delved into the very essence of the body’s ability to express the ineffable.

From Los Angeles Times