Agon (ballet)
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Agon is a 22-minute ballet for twelve dancers with music by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by George Balanchine. Stravinsky began composition in December 1953 but was interrupted the next year;
Agon performed by Carolina Ballet in 2005
George Balanchine
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George Balanchine was a Russian-American ballet choreographer of Georgian descent, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century. Styled as the father of American ballet
Agon (ballet)
…Agon is a 22-minute ballet for twelve dancers with music by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by George Balanchine. Stravinsky began composition in December 1953 but was interrupted the next year; he resumed work in 1956 and concluded on April 27, 1957. The music…
Balanchine in 1965
Balanchine's father Meliton
Young Balanchine, pictured in the 1920s
Apollon musagète, 1928