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Balanchinemania: A Choreographic Legacy in Excess |
| Section: THE ARTS / ARTS WATCH |
| Author: Paula Citron |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1997 |
| Size: 946 Words, 5,933 Characters |
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The works of George Balanchine have become a cottage industry of the dance world. According to the Balanchine Trust, 175 ballet companies worldwide have at least one Balanchine work in their repertoire. The sheer number is staggering. No matter how stringently the Trust maintains its standards, it is simply not credible that companies scattered hither and yon all share similar standards of training and artistry, let alone body types, to perform these works with equal competence in the spirit of the original.
To uncover details about just how widespread this Balanchine plague is, I conducted a minisurvey via fax. The three major ballet companies in Canada were polled, along with sixteen randomly selected in the United States and t...
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...ck the flood tide.
As the volume of Balanchine repertoire around the world spirals out of control, even the great Mr. B is not immune to the familiarity that leads to contempt. What was once the noble heritage of the New York City Ballet, the company the choreographer cofounded and defined by his unique vision of dance, has, by excessive proliferation, been reduced to a common denominator.
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