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Fancy Free (ballet)

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Fancy Free is a ballet by Jerome Robbins, subsequently ballet master of New York City Ballet, made on Ballet Theatre, predecessor of American Ballet Theatre, to a score by Leonard Bernstein, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love and lighting by Ronald Bates. [1]

39 relations: American Ballet Theatre, Ancestry.com, Anna Kisselgoff, Ballet, Billie Holiday, Billy Taylor, Café Society, Damian Woetzel, Danzón, Decca Records, Ethan Stiefel, Galop, Harold Lang, Jack Anderson (dance critic), Jason Fowler (dancer), Jazz, Jerome Robbins, Joaquín De Luz, Joe Guy (musician), Joe Springer, John Kriza, John Martin (dance critic), Kermit Love, Leonard Bernstein, List of 1944 ballet premieres, List of New York City Ballet 2008 repertory, List of New York City Ballet dancers, Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street), New York City Ballet, Oliver Smith (designer), On the Town (musical), Pas de deux, Playbill, Rear Window, Riobamba (nightclub), Ronald Bates, Tiler Peck, Tiny Grimes, Waltz.

American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Anna Kisselgoff

Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for The New York Times.

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Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.

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Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.

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Billy Taylor

William Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator.

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Café Society

Café Society was a New York City nightclub open from 1938 to 1948 at Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and managed by Barney Josephson.

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Damian Woetzel

Damian Woetzel (born May 17, 1967) is a retired Principal Dancer, formerly with the New York City Ballet where he performed from 1985 until 2008.

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Danzón

Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Ethan Stiefel

Ethan Stiefel (born 13 February 1973 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania) is an American dancer, choreographer, and director.

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Galop

In dance, the galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a lively country dance, introduced in the late 1820s to Parisian society by the Duchesse de Berry and popular in Vienna, Berlin and London.

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Harold Lang

Harold Lang (December 21, 1920 – July 26, 1985) was an American dancer and actor.

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Jack Anderson (dance critic)

Jack Anderson (born 15 June 1935) is an American poet, dance critic, and dance historian.

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Jason Fowler (dancer)

Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer who worked in classical ballet, on Broadway, and in films and television.

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Joaquín De Luz

Joaquín De Luz (born 1976, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ballet dancer.

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Joe Guy (musician)

Joseph Luke Guy (September 20, 1920 – 1962) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Joe Springer

Joe Springer (May 22, 1916, New York City – October 24, 2004, Miami) was an American jazz pianist.

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John Kriza

John Kriza (15 January 1919 - 18 August 1975) was an American ballet dancer and teacher whose long career as a principal with American Ballet Theatre made him one of the best known and most admired male dancers in the country.

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John Martin (dance critic)

John Martin (June 2, 1893 - May 19, 1985) became America's first major dance critic in 1927.

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Kermit Love

Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love (August 7, 1916 – June 21, 2008) was an American puppet maker, puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children's television and on Broadway.

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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist.

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List of 1944 ballet premieres

*1944 ballet premieres, List of Category:Lists of ballet premieres by year Category:Lists of 1940s ballet premieres.

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List of New York City Ballet 2008 repertory

New York City Ballet dances Winter, Spring and Fall seasons each year at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, as well as a Summer season at Saratoga Springs and tours; from Thanksgiving to New Year's they perform George Balanchine's Nutcracker; this is the list of ballets with casts for the 2008 season, beginning Wednesday, January 2, and ending in Paris at the Opéra Bastille, September 21.

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List of New York City Ballet dancers

This is a list of New York City Ballet dancers.

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Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)

The Metropolitan Opera House was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in New York City.

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

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Oliver Smith (designer)

Oliver Smith (February 13, 1918 – January 23, 1994) was an American scenic designer.

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On the Town (musical)

On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music.

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Pas de deux

In ballet, a pas de deux (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together.

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Playbill

Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers.

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Rear Window

Rear Window is a 1954 American Technicolor mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder".

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Riobamba (nightclub)

Riobamba was a New York City nightclub.

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Ronald Bates

Ronald Bates (1932 - 1986) was an American ballet lighting designer, particularly for the New York City Ballet.

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Tiler Peck

Tiler Kalyn Peck (born January 12, 1989, Bakersfield, CA) is a professional ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.

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Tiny Grimes

Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes (July 7, 1916 – March 4, 1989) - accessed September 2010 was an American jazz and R&B guitarist.

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Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in time, performed primarily in closed position.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Free_(ballet)

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