Balanchine: A Ballet Master There are many great talents in the world of dance. Diagilev, Fokine, and Petipa all influenced the development of classical ballet, but there is one man whose talent surpassed everyone. Balanchine was a man who overcame many odds to become greater than his predecessors. Born Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze in 1904, Balanchine was part of a musical family (Aloff). His father was a musician and composer, his brother a pianist, and sister a …showed first 75 words of 2060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2060 total…returned to the Soviet Union after an absence of thirty-eight years, bringing his New York City Ballet and a handful of his works to audiences that had been cut off from Western culture for decades." Dance Magazine. Jan. 1994: 88-90. InfoTrac Web: Student Edition. Middletown Area High School Library, Middletown . 5 May 2003. Keyword: Balanchine. Wood, Jane Philbin. "Footnote to Balanchine." Dance Magazine. Nov. 1998: 60-63. InfoTrac Web: Student Edition . Middletown Area High School Library, Middletown. 5 May 2003. Keyword: Balanchine.