Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze

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artistic director ballet choreographer ballet master choreographer co-founder of organization human

Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze, better known as George Balanchine, was a pioneering Georgian-American choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet who profoundly shaped 20th-century ballet.

Aliases (2)

George Melitonovich Balanchivadze ×1
Giorgi Balanchivadze ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic director → ballet choreographer → ballet master → choreographer → co-founder of organization → human →
alsoKnownAs	George Balanchine → Georges Balanchine → Giorgi Balanchivadze →
birthDate	1904-01-22 →
birthPlace	Russian Empire → Saint Petersburg →
causeOfDeath	Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease →
coFounded	New York City Ballet → School of American Ballet →
coFounderWith	Lincoln Kirstein →
countryOfCitizenship	Georgia → United States of America →
deathDate	1983-04-30 →
educatedAt	Imperial Ballet School → Petrograd Conservatory →
ethnicGroup	Georgians →
father	Meliton Balanchivadze →
fieldOfWork	ballet → choreography →
genre	abstract ballet → plotless ballet →
influenced	20th-century ballet → American ballet →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Georgian → Russian →
movement	neoclassical ballet →
name	Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze →
notableWork	Agon → Apollo → Concerto Barocco → Jewels → Serenade → Symphony in C → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → Theme and Variations →
occupation	artistic director → ballet master → choreographer →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
positionHeld	artistic director of New York City Ballet →
residence	New York City →
sibling	Andria Balanchivadze →
workedFor	American Ballet Caravan → Ballets Russes → Metropolitan Opera → New York City Ballet →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Balanchine ("Giorgi Balanchivadze") → George Balanchine ("George Melitonovich Balanchivadze") →	alsoKnownAs
George Balanchine →	birthName
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze →	name