Five Stunning Images of Balanchine at Work

January 21, 2014

To celebrate the anniversary of George Balanchine’s birth—January 22, 1904—Dance Magazine has chosen five of our favorite photographs of the legendary choreographer at work.

 


Balanchine with Diana Adams in 1959.
Photo by Martha Swope/NYPL, DM Archives


Balanchine with Suzanne Farrell in
Don Quixote.
Photo by Fred Fehl, DM Archives



Balanchine in the studio, date unknown.

Photo by Kenn Duncan, DM Archives




Balanchine with Igor Stravinsky, working on
Agon in 1957.
Photo by Martha Swope/NYPL, DM Archives




Balanchine with Jacques d’Amboise and Diana Adams in 1963.

Photo by Martha Swope/NYPL, DM Archives