American Ballet Caravan
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American Ballet Caravan was a touring ballet company founded in the 1930s by Lincoln Kirstein to present innovative American works and early collaborations with choreographer George Balanchine.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
→
touring dance company → |
| activePeriod | 1930s → |
| artisticFocus |
collaborations between American composers and choreographers
→
new American ballets → |
| associatedWith |
George Balanchine
→
Lincoln Kirstein → |
| basedIn |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| collaboratedWith |
American composers
→
George Balanchine → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1940s → |
| employed | American dancers → |
| era | interwar period → |
| foundedBy | Lincoln Kirstein → |
| genre | ballet → |
| hasArtisticDirector | George Balanchine → |
| hasFounder | Lincoln Kirstein → |
| hasPatron | Lincoln Kirstein → |
| historicalSignificance |
early platform for George Balanchine in the United States
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precursor to major American ballet institutions → |
| inception | 1930s → |
| influenced |
Ballet Society
→
New York City Ballet → |
| languageOfPerformance | wordless dance → |
| movement | development of American ballet → |
| notableChoreographer | George Balanchine → |
| notableWorkPresented |
Ballet Imperial
→
“Concerto Barocco” →
surface form:
Concerto Barocco
“Serenade” →
surface form:
Serenade
|
| performanceType | touring productions → |
| purpose |
to present innovative American ballet works
→
to promote American choreographers and composers → |
| repertoireType |
contemporary ballet
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neoclassical ballet → |
| sponsoredBy | private patrons → |
| status | defunct → |
| touringArea |
Latin America
→
North America → South America → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Concerto Barocco