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The 29 pages that link to George Balanchine, each with the reason it gives.

• ChoreographyRelated: His ballets made speed, musical structure, and formal design central choreographic concerns.

• BalletRelated: His choreography made musical structure and speed central to a modern ballet style.

• Sergei DiaghilevRelated: Diaghilev recruited him to choreograph for the Ballets Russes near the end of its history.

• Igor StravinskyRelated: Balanchine’s long artistic partnership with Stravinsky joined modern choreography to his later music.

• Jerome RobbinsRelated: Balanchine became Robbins’s colleague and a major influence within the company they shaped.

• Russian balletRelated: His work carried Russian training into a markedly different choreographic idiom.

• New York City BalletRelated: As founding artistic director, he created much of the company’s defining repertory.

• Neoclassical balletRelated: His choreography became the most influential model of American neoclassical ballet.

• Vaslav NijinskyCompared with: Balanchine’s later choreographic legacy offers a contrasting path for modernizing ballet from classical technique.

• Lincoln KirsteinRelated: Their partnership founded the New York City Ballet and shaped its artistic direction.

• Michel FokineRelated: Balanchine’s early Ballets Russes career followed the company culture Fokine helped establish.

• American balletRelated: His arrival and work gave American ballet a defining choreographic voice.

• Mikhail BaryshnikovRelated: Balanchine created roles for Baryshnikov after he joined New York City Ballet.

• School of American BalletRelated: He co-founded the school and shaped its training around the dancers his choreography required.

• The FirebirdRelated: His 1949 staging became a major later interpretation of the ballet.

• Concert danceRelated: His choreography reshaped ballet’s place in twentieth-century concert dance.

• Corps de balletRelated: Balanchine expanded the corps's choreographic role beyond decorative support.

• The Four TemperamentsRelated: He created the ballet’s choreography and its four-part design.

• Contemporary balletRelated: His stripped-down, musically driven choreography helped loosen ballet’s inherited forms.

• Maria TallchiefRelated: His choreography and direction shaped Tallchief’s rise and many of her signature roles.

• Antony TudorCompared with: Balanchine’s emphasis on musical form contrasts with Tudor’s attention to character and motive.

• Erik BruhnRelated: Balanchine invited Bruhn to perform with New York City Ballet.

• History of balletRelated: His work made a major modern branch of ballet in the United States.

• Benjamin MillepiedRelated: Balanchine's company and repertory formed a central part of Millepied's New York career.

• Suzanne FarrellRelated: He created many defining roles for Farrell and became her central artistic collaborator.

• Alicia AlonsoCompared with: His emphasis on abstract movement contrasts with Alonso’s celebrated dramatic characterization in Giselle.

• Sono OsatoRelated: Balanchine choreographed works Osato performed with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

• Tamara GevaRelated: Geva married Balanchine and collaborated with him during their early years in the United States.

• Vera ZorinaRelated: He choreographed major roles for Zorina and became her husband.