GEORGE BALANCHINE IS REGARDED AS THE FOREMOST CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHER IN THE WORLD OF BALLET
EARLY YEARS Europe. The son of a composer, Balanchine early in life gained a knowledge of music that far exceeds that of most of his fellow choreographers. He began studying the piano at the age of five and following his graduation in 1921, from the Imperial Ballet School (the St. Petersburg academy where he had […]