Word: mazurkas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years, he still had "enough muscles." Explains Balanchine: "I cannot sit in a chair and design ballets. I use my body a lot showing the dancers steps." In rehearsal, nonetheless, he found that though he was still long on muscles, he was a bit short on wind. In Mazurka, "all the time you run like...
...Britain's Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet), Balanchine made one of them a sure-fire novelty. He decided to introduce his fans to the music of one of his favorite composers, Glinka ("the Verdi of Russia," says Balanchine), and one of his favorite dances, the fiery mazurka. Who could set its style better than Balanchine himself...