American Ballet

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates The American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein<ref>Sunday NY Times, October 22, 1933</ref> and Edward Warburg,<ref>NY Times, December 7, 1939</ref> managed by Alexander Merovitch<ref>NY Times, September 27, 1935</ref> and populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet.<ref>Sunday NY Times, February 24, 1935</ref> Having failed to mount a tour, American Ballet began performing at the Old Met. After being allowed to stage only two dance performances (Orfeo ed Euridice) in 1936 and an evening of dances choreographed to the music of Igor Stravinsky in 1937), Balanchine moved the company to Hollywood in 1938. The company was restarted as the American Ballet Caravan and toured North and South America, although it too folded after several years.

See also

• New York City Ballet

Footnotes

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External links

• Sunday NY Times, June 10, 1934
• NY Times, June 11, 1934
• Sunday NY Times, November 4, 1934
• NY Times, February 7, 1935
• NY Times, February 22, 1935
• Sunday NY Times, John Martin, February 24, 1935
• NY Times, August 8, 1935
• NY Times, August 13, 1935
• NY Times, August 20, 1935
• Sunday NY Times, letter to the editor from Lincoln Kirstein, August 25, 1935
• Sunday NY Times review of benefit for the Westchester County Girl Scouts at County Centre, September 29, 1935
• "Balanchine Out of Opera; Ballet Will Go With Him; Master of Troupe Criticizes Metropolitan's Standards—Says Dowagers Did Not Like His Dances as They Were 'Too Good' Balanchine Quits with Opera Ballet" by H. Howard Taubman, The New York Times, April 13, 1938