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Balanchine technique
Balanchine technique or Balanchine method is the ballet performance style invented by dancer, choreographer, and teacher George Balanchine (1904–1983), and a trademark of the George Balanchine Foundation. It is used widely today in many of Balanchine's choreographic works. It is employed by ballet companies and taught in schools throughout North America, including the New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet, where it first emerged.
In 1924, Balanchine left the Soviet Union and joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris as a choreographer and ballet master. After the death of Diaghilev in 1929, Lincoln Kirstein persuaded him to come to the United States in 1934. There, with Kirstein as his partner, he founded the School of American Ballet in New York City.
During his time in Europe, Balanchine had begun to develop his neoclassical style, partially as a reaction to the Romantic anti-classicism that had led to increased theatricality in ballet. His style focused more on dance movement and construction in relation to music than on plot or characterization. After he came to America, established his school, and eventually founded the New York City Ballet, he continued to refine the principles of training his dancers. And in doing so, Balanchine introduced an aesthetic ideal that would reshape American ballet culture.
Balanchine’s vision demanded extreme thinness and emphasized specific physical attributes that he believed would best support the distinctive style, acrobatic partnering, and speed his choreography required. As a result, he very outwardly preferenced a particular body type– a slender, elongated form with slim hips and long legs –which ultimately set a new standard for American ballerinas.
During the course of his career, in which he choreographed more than 450 ballets, he continued to develop his style and technique of training with a continued emphasis on these body ideals. He became far and away the most prolific force in the nation's ballet community, which led to his long-enduring legacy.
Training in Balanchine technique allows dancers to utilize more space in less time, so that speed, spatial expansion and a syncopated musicality are enhanced. Specific characteristics include the following:
*Suki Schorer has described the Balanchine arabesque as "longer, stronger and bigger". Balanchine would instruct students to "reach for diamonds" in both directions so the dancer's hands are not relaxed, creating an elongated line.
Balanchine technique is widely recognized for its speed, athleticism, and expansive use of space. However, his approach also reinforced a strict aesthetic code that places considerable emphasis on dancers’, particularly female dancers’, physical appearance. Balanchine believed that a thinner body would enable dancers to achieve a heightened sense of “lightness” and fluidity on stage. Consequently, the thinness he demanded of his company quickly became integral to his stylistic expectations and due to his influence, ultimately expanded into the culture of ballet training as a whole.
Balanchine technique
Balanchine technique or Balanchine method is the ballet performance style invented by dancer, choreographer, and teacher George Balanchine (1904–1983), and a trademark of the George Balanchine Foundation. It is used widely today in many of Balanchine's choreographic works. It is employed by ballet companies and taught in schools throughout North America, including the New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet, where it first emerged.
In 1924, Balanchine left the Soviet Union and joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris as a choreographer and ballet master. After the death of Diaghilev in 1929, Lincoln Kirstein persuaded him to come to the United States in 1934. There, with Kirstein as his partner, he founded the School of American Ballet in New York City.
During his time in Europe, Balanchine had begun to develop his neoclassical style, partially as a reaction to the Romantic anti-classicism that had led to increased theatricality in ballet. His style focused more on dance movement and construction in relation to music than on plot or characterization. After he came to America, established his school, and eventually founded the New York City Ballet, he continued to refine the principles of training his dancers. And in doing so, Balanchine introduced an aesthetic ideal that would reshape American ballet culture.
Balanchine’s vision demanded extreme thinness and emphasized specific physical attributes that he believed would best support the distinctive style, acrobatic partnering, and speed his choreography required. As a result, he very outwardly preferenced a particular body type– a slender, elongated form with slim hips and long legs –which ultimately set a new standard for American ballerinas.
During the course of his career, in which he choreographed more than 450 ballets, he continued to develop his style and technique of training with a continued emphasis on these body ideals. He became far and away the most prolific force in the nation's ballet community, which led to his long-enduring legacy.
Training in Balanchine technique allows dancers to utilize more space in less time, so that speed, spatial expansion and a syncopated musicality are enhanced. Specific characteristics include the following:
*Suki Schorer has described the Balanchine arabesque as "longer, stronger and bigger". Balanchine would instruct students to "reach for diamonds" in both directions so the dancer's hands are not relaxed, creating an elongated line.
Balanchine technique is widely recognized for its speed, athleticism, and expansive use of space. However, his approach also reinforced a strict aesthetic code that places considerable emphasis on dancers’, particularly female dancers’, physical appearance. Balanchine believed that a thinner body would enable dancers to achieve a heightened sense of “lightness” and fluidity on stage. Consequently, the thinness he demanded of his company quickly became integral to his stylistic expectations and due to his influence, ultimately expanded into the culture of ballet training as a whole.