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To make a company, George Balanchine first needed to make dancers. At 75, New York City Ballet pays tribute to its dancers, including three who were there at the start.
The legacy of American ballet begins not in America, but in Russia. The year is 1904 and Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, better known as George Balanchine, is born. The son of a composer, Balanchine joined the Imperial Ballet School at age nine. Shortly after, he began to choreograph ballets and dance across Europe as a.