Responsibility for the dance numbers was split between Robert Alton and the young George Balanchine. 舞蹈节目分别由罗伯特·奥尔顿和年轻的乔治·巴兰钦负责。
This is the city of Balanchine and Baryshnikov, Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky. 这座城市是巴兰钦,巴瑞辛尼可夫,杜斯内耶夫斯基和柴可夫斯基的故乡。
Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Alvin Alley, Eliot Feld, and Martha Graham are among the best known choreographers. I admire hex as much as him. 罗宾斯、巴兰钦、德米尔、艾利、费尔德和格雷厄姆是最有名的舞蹈设计家。我很钦佩她,也很钦佩他。
And so we unite in common awe as we listen to a Bach Prelude for cello, or watch a ballet by Balanchine, or listen to a poem by Wang Wei. 这就是为什么当听到巴赫的大提琴前奏曲,欣赏到巴兰钦的芭蕾表演,或是读到王维的诗词时,所有人都会被同一种敬畏之情凝聚到一起。
Balanchine and other choreographers reject the term because a ballet being performed by human dancers, can never be abstract. 巴兰青和其他舞蹈编导拒绝禁锢与故事情节,因为芭蕾本源的扮演就是舞者人体,并不抽象化于故事情节。