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Bath Iron Works ( BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the world's largest defense companies. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy.
New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, [3] 1934; the American ...
Tallchief remained with the New York City Ballet until February 1960, but also took time off to work with other companies. [3] She made guest appearances with the Chicago Opera Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, and the Hamburg Ballet, among others.
This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master.
The ballet was made for the New York City Ballet, and premiered on May 14, 1953, at the City Center of Music and Drama, with the two roles of the ballet originated by Tanaquil Le Clercq and Francisco Moncion. Afternoon of a Faun has since been performed by various other ballet companies.
The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet, staged by its artistic director Willam Christensen. [3] The New York City Ballet gave its first annual performance of George Balanchine's staging of The Nutcracker in 1954. [3] The tradition of performing the complete ballet at Christmas eventually spread to the rest of the United States ...
Mar. 23—A union representing drafters at Bath Iron Works has ratified a new contract with wage gains. The four-year contract won 72 percent support from the members of the Bath Marine Draftsmen ...
Opus 19/The Dreamer was created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride, and features an ensemble of 12 dancers. [1] Baryshnikov joined the New York City Ballet in 1978, the year before Opus 19 was created, and soon after that he left to take over the directorship of the American Ballet Theatre. [3] As the lead man is on stage most of the time, it is a challenge to the dancer's stamina. [3]