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.


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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
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
neoclassical ballet
sponsoredBy private patrons
status defunct
touringArea Latin America
North America
South America

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

“Concerto Barocco” premiereCompany American Ballet Caravan
subject surface form: Concerto Barocco
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze workedFor American Ballet Caravan