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New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [ 1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [ 2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the ...
1928 Apollo. 1929 Le Bal. 1929 The Prodigal Son. 1935 Serenade. 1936 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. 1936 Zenobia. 1937 Jeu de cartes. 1941 Concerto Barocco. 1941 Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2.
October 1, 1936 (age 87) New York City, U.S. Occupation (s) Ballet dancer, Choreographer. Edward Villella (born October 1, 1936) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He is frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer of ballet at the time. [ 1][ 2] He has won numerous awards, including the Daytime Emmy Award for ...
The Wang Theatre is a theatre in Boston. It originally opened in 1925 as the Metropolitan Theatre and was later renamed the Music Hall. It was designed by Clarence Blackall and is located at 252–272 Tremont Street in the Boston Theatre District. The theatre is operated as part of the Boch Center. [ 2] The theatre was designated as a Boston ...
The Boston Ballet is an American professional classical ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams [1] and Sydney Leonard, and was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. It has been led by Violette Verdy (1980–1984), Bruce Marks (1985–1997), and Anna-Marie Holmes ...
The Boston Caribbean Carnival, is founded (same year as New York City and Washington, D.C.) Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Boston Harbor Association, City Life/Vida Urbana, and Boston Baroque [157] founded. 1974 Desegregation busing conflict due to outcome of verdict Morgan v. Hennigan. [158] [159]
New York Percussion Trio. The New York Percussion Trio was a three-member musical group consisting of two percussionists and one pianist, active in the New York City area from the early 1950s until the mid-1970s. The group was originally formed in 1954 as the Dance-Percussion Trio, to accompany performances by the modern dancer Daniel Nagrin ...
Black Heritage Trail. Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Boston National Historical Park. Castle Island. Custom House Tower. Dorchester Heights Monument. Freedom Trail – marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. Boston Common (including Boston Public Garden) Bunker Hill Monument.