DANCE, BALLET AND CHOREOGRAPHY: ESSAY AND ANALYSIS
In
January 1978, the New York City Ballet participated in the acclaimed PBS
series "Live from Lincoln Center," when Coppelia, choreographed by
Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova in 1974, was telecast live from the stage of
the New York State Theater. Eight years later, the Company appeared on another
"Live from Lincoln Center" program, performing Balanchine's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Apollo, Orpheus, Mozartiana,
and Who Cares? are among other Balanchine ballets seen on national
television. In 1970, U.S.News and World Report attempted to summarize
Balanchine's achievements: "The greatest choreographer of our time, George
Balanchine is responsible for the successful fusion of modern concepts with
older ideas of classical ballet. Balanchine received his training in Russia
before coming to America in 1933.
