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Entered by:
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Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc. |
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Choreography:
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George Balanchine |
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Dance Company:
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Monte Carlo, Miami, Toulouse, Pittsburgh, Berne, Northwest Ballet/Seattle |
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Director:
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Michael Blackwood |
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Coproduced by:
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WDR/ARTE |
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Exec. Producer:
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José Montes-Baquer, Rudolf Heinemann |
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Distribution TV:
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Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc. |
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Year / Duration:
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1997 / 58' |
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IMZ Number:
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63206 |
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Balanchine lives! Category: D| United States |    |
Balanchine died in 1983 and left his work largely to some of his principal dancers, who banded together to facilitate the continuity in the performances of his ballets. "Balanchine lives!" is dedicated to this "team", that imbued with the Balanchine technique, stages his ballets for ambitious dance companies around the world. As they do, these dedicated former Principals are able to recollect the unique touch of their late mentor, while being kept flexible by the fresh new ideas put forth by the young bodies and minds of a new generation of dancers. Together they insure that the Balanchine flame will be kept alive well into the approaching millennium.
Balanchine hinterließ in seinem Testament sein Werk seinen engsten Freunden, meist Tänzerinnen, für die er diese Werke speziell geschaffen hatte, um es für die Zukunft zu retten.
"Balanchine lebt!" ist der Arbeit der Kooperative, die sich aus diesen Freunden gebildet hat, gewidmet. Sechs Neuinszenierungen bei sechs Ballettkompanien in Europa und den USA geben einen Eindruck von der Verantwortung und Problematik, Balanchines Ballette getreu den Vorstellungen des Choreographen und trotzdem zeitgemäß und vital zu verwirklichen.