User:Corachow

Just way less active than previously. If you need help on anything dance-related, feel free to reach out via talk page.

Did you know

 * ... that Jerome Robbins choreographed In G Major for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival, in celebration of the composer's centenary?
 * ... that George Balanchine choreographed Ballo della Regina to showcase ballerina Merrill Ashley's speed and precision?
 * ... that Jiří Kylián's ballet Petite Mort uses slow movements from Mozart's most famous piano concertos to contrast the physicality of the choreography?
 * ... that Paris Opera Ballet dancer Guillaume Diop co-authored a manifesto that called for the Paris Opera to make urgent changes to address racial discrimination?
 * ... that at 23, Roman Mejia reached the rank of principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, where his father had also danced?
 * ... that when the 18-year-old New York City Ballet dancer Mira Nadon performed her first major role, The New York Times called her performance a promise to the future?
 * ... that the United Ukrainian Ballet Company, consisting of exiled dancers based in The Hague, has toured the UK, Singapore, Australia and the US?
 * ... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano danced the first encore in the American Ballet Theatre's history?
 * ... that George Balanchine choreographed Ballet Imperial to prove that Americans were capable of performing in the traditions of classical ballet?
 * ... that although George Balanchine incorporated jazz dance-inspired choreography in his ballet Concerto Barocco, those elements are now gone?
 * ... that Jiří Kylián had all the dancers in his ballet Bella Figura appear topless to equalise men and women?
 * ... that George Balanchine said that a solo in his ballet Episodes should evoke the image of a fly in a glass of milk?
 * ... that George Balanchine said Allegro Brillante "contains everything I knew about classical ballet – in thirteen minutes"?
 * ... that Elise Reiman, who taught children's classes at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet for four decades, was called "the bridge between generations"?
 * ... that Twyla Tharp's ballet Nine Sinatra Songs, to songs sung by Frank Sinatra, features ballroom dance-inspired choreography?