Minnesota Ballet "Who Cares?”, a show in the Minnesota Ballet repertoire. George Balanchine was born in St.Petersburg, Russia in 1904. At the young age of 29, he came to the United States, where he co-founded the School of American Ballet in 1934 with an American arts patron, Lincoln Kirstein. On October 11, 1948, The New York City Ballet was founded, and Balanchine became the principal choreographer and ballet master from 1948 until his death in 1983. Balanchine revolutionized classical ballet, by Americanizing his Russian influences. The two styles blended together, and created an upbeat dance. Antony Tudor, originally named William John Cook,
Cork City Ballet the birth of Joan Denise Moriarty, the founder of Irish Theatre Ballet, Ireland's first professional ballet company. 2006 La Bayadere (Irish Tour) 2010 Swan Lake (For centenary of Aloys Fleischmann) 2011 Giselle (Prelude to the Joan Denise Moriarty centenary celebrations) 2011 Playboy of the Western World (Revival) 2012 The Sleeping Beauty (For the centenary celebrations of Joan Denise Moriarty) Foley, Alan."Cork City Ballet: The Story So Far." KWP. 2008. Cork City Ballet Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded by Alan Foley, a disciple of Joan Denise Moriarty, in 1992. It is one of two professional ballet companies