He was innate Giorgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze inside Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of celebrated Georgian composer and public helper, one of a founders of Georgian opera, Meliton Balanchivadze (1862-1937). His brother, Andrithe Balanchivadze (1906-1992), was likewise a easily-known Georgian composer. Around 1921 he graduated from a ballet class of the Petrograd St. Mary Theater's School, where his teachers had been Paul Gerdt and his son-in-law, Samuil Andrianov. He too married first therein equivalent season to Tamarthe Gevergeva, a dancer world health organization would late become referred to as Tamara Geva, who was, based on data from a lot reports of her month of birth (1907) 14 years old at a period of the marriage, which would prevent around divorcement Cinque years late inside 1926. Around 1923 he graduated from a Petrograd Conservatory. Within 1921-1924 Balanchine was an artist by having a Petrograd Theater of Opera and Ballet.

Around 1924, he was around a little company of ballet dancers that left the Soviet Union for a tour inside Western Europe. Inside London, England, he was seen by Serge Diaghilev and was asked to join the Ballets Russes, initially when a dancer, however late as primary choreographer. The knee injury ended his dancing career.

Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996), an arts patron, persuaded Balanchine to come to the United States to form an American ballet company around 1933. Balanchine insisted that number 1 there become a school, & founded the School of American Ballet. A year late, a Western Ballet opened & became a resident ballet company at a Metropolitan Opera. Balanchine shortly left.

He would afterwards marry a resulting dancers, however none of his marriages produced tykes:

Vera Zorina (December 1938 - 1946) (divorced)

Maria Tallchief (1946 - 1952) (divorced)

Tanaquil LeClerq (1952 - 1969) (divorced) Inside 1946 he founded a Ballet Society, which when a New York City Ballet became resident at City Center.

His 1954 staging of The Nutcracker is largely responsible for making the ballet a Christmas tradition in the United States.

He as well worked as a choreographer for musical comedy, film, & television. He got an extended personal relation by owning dancer Alexandra Danilova.

Inside 1983, Balanchine died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, diagnosed only when his demise. He number one showed illness within 1978 once he began losing his balance when dancing. When a disease progressed his equilibrium, sightedness & hearing deteriorated. By 1982 he was incapacitated, & he died a below month at a age of 79.

Medical tests showed there are no are causal agents for however Balanchine would non permit the brain biopsy. A are causal agents for of dying was determined by autopsy.

Inside his survive years he besides suffered from either angina and underwent heart bypass surgery.

de:George Balanchine et:George Balanchine gl:George Balanchine ka:ბალანჩინი, ჯორჯ