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Born Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze in St. Petersburg, the son of a composer, young George got into ballet by accident. Accompanying his sister to a tryout at the Imperial School of Ballet, Balanchine found himself accepted after he walked across the floor in front of the judges, who were impressed by the nine-year-old's strength, posture and fierce, aquiline good looks. By his mid-teens, he was choreographing. After leaving Russia in 1924, Balanchine made his way to Paris and at 21 became balletmaster of Serge Diaghilev's famed Ballets Russes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Joy of Pure Movement | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

Married. George Balanchine (real name: Georgei Melitonovich Balinchinvadze), 42, famed Russian-born choreographer, onetime director of the Piaghilev Russian Ballet and the American Ballet; and Ballerina Maria Tallchief, 21, his Irish-Osage Indian protegee; she for the first time, he for the fourth; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 26, 1946 | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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