George Balanchine (1904–1983)

Additional Crew | Actor | Director

George Balanchine was a Georgian-American ballet dancer and one of the foremost choreographers of ...

Born: January 22, 1904
Died: April 30, 1983 (age 79)

Filmography

Known For

Playhouse 90 Additional Crew (1958)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Additional Crew (1967)
The Goldwyn Follies Additional Crew (1938)
Known For

McCloud Additional Crew (1975)
Soundtrack

Balanchine in Paris (2011)
Markova, la légende (2001)
Violett & Mr; b. (2001)
Soundtrack

Les cahiers retrouvés de Nina Vyroubova (1996)
Actor

Playhouse 90 Drosselmeyer (1958)
I Was an Adventuress Ballet Dancer (1940)
Actor

Dark Red Roses Dancer (1929)
Director

Allegro Brillante (2016)
Director

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967)
Writer

The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow - Jewels (2014)
Additional Crew

Live from Lincoln Center (1978-2011)
Jewels (2011)
Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (2007)
Ballerina (2006)
George Balanchine's Jewels (2005)
Great Performances (2005)
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
The Nutcracker (1993)
Commedia dell'arte (1986)
American Ballet Theatre at the Met (1984)
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
Baryshnikov at the White House (1979)
Great Performances: Dance in America (1977)
The Turning Point (1977)
The Lively Arts (1977)
McCloud (1975)
Violon Concerto (1974)
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974)
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967)
The Flood (1962)
Festival (1962)
Omnibus (1961)
L'heure du concert (1960)
Playhouse 90 (1958)
The Seven Lively Arts (1957)
Salzburg Stories (1957)
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1956)
La valse (1951)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
Additional Crew

The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Dark Red Roses (1929)
Archive footage

In Balanchine's Classroom (2021)
717 (2019)
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq (2013)
Balanchine in Paris (2011)
Bringing Balanchine Back (2006)
The Nutcracker Family: Behind the Magic (2006)
4 keizers en 1 nachtegaal (2002)
Archive footage

Great Performances: Dance in America (1993)
Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas (1989)
Art Department

L'heure du concert (1960)

All Filmography

Videos

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Another 1 win.

Did You Know

Trivia

(February 5, 1970) He was awarded the Handel Medallion, New York City's biggest award for cultural achievement at the State Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Quotes

Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But i don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.