[DOC] [TLE] George Balanchine - Wikipedia [PAR] George Balanchine was one of the 20th century's most prominent 
choreographers. Styled as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New 
York City Ballet and remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years. 
Balanchine took the standards and technique from his time at the Imperial ... He 
was a choreographer known for his musicality; he expressed music with... [DOC] [TLE] Maria Tallchief - Wikipedia [PAR] Elizabeth Marie "Betty" Tall Chief was considered America's first major prima 
ballerina, and was ... The combination of Balanchine's difficult choreography and 
Tallchief's ... Her father grew up rich as a result, never working "a day in his life." 
In her .... At the Ballet Russe, the Russian ballerinas frequently feuded with 
American... [DOC] [TLE] Maria Tallchief, Dazzling Ballerina, Dies at 88 - The New York Times [PAR] Apr 12, 2013 ... Maria Tallchief, a Dazzling Ballerina and Muse for Balanchine, Dies at 88 ... 
When you thought of Russian ballet, it was Ulanova, he said an interview on 
Friday. ... and a Scottish-Irish mother, Ms. Tallchief left Oklahoma at an early age, 
.... many striking roles for her, including those of the Swan Queen in his... [DOC] [TLE] Maria Tallchief - Ballet Dancer - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Maria Tallchief was a revolutionary American ballerina who broke ... Her career 
as a ballerina spanned the globe and led to a short marriage to George 
Balanchine. ... ballerina of the New York City Balleta title that she would hold 
for the ... Tallchief met and became involved with the famed choreographer... [DOC] [TLE] The History of George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet ... [PAR] In 1924, as part of a small touring group called the Soviet State Dancers, which ... 
Within a year, he had made Balanchine his chief choreographer, and it was 
under .... And as for having a real home at last24 years after leaving Russiait 
..... Maria Tallchief, for a dozen years the unproclaimed prima ballerina of City 
Ballet,... [DOC] [TLE] Ballet - Core Of Culture [PAR] They also invented patterning and figures for the dancers to follow. 1500s .... 
Choreographer of L'Europe Galante - the first opera-ballet. Mademoiselle de... [DOC] [TLE] George Balanchine (Choreography) - BalletAndOpera.com [PAR] George's brother, Andrei Balanchivadze (1906-1992), also went on to ... In 1922 
when Balanchine was eighteen, he married Tamara Geva, a fifteen year old 
dancer. His ... in between his ballet activities, Balanchine worked as a 
choreographer for ... of consternation -- some ballerinas, like his former wife 
Maria Tallchief, quit,... [DOC] [TLE] What George Balanchine knew about feeling and form, and what his ... [PAR] (After he left Russia, in 1924, when he was 20, he never again saw his mother.) 
.... The result for the choreography is that the action of the leg has the emotive 
power ... He never made a work in which a ballerina was asked to perform thirty- 
two ..... (The Firebird that made Maria Tallchief a star in 1949 is really a cousin to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] George Balanchine - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Between 1924 and Diaghilev's death in 1929, Balanchine created nine ... of the 
company to Colonel W. de Basil, Balanchine again left the Ballets Russes. ... 
Balanchine served as resident choreographer for the Ballet Russe de Monte 
Carlo from ... of consternationsome ballerinas, like his former wife, Maria 
Tallchief, quit,... [DOC] [TLE] A Ballet Is Born: with 74 Dancers and the Waltz His Theme, George ... [PAR] Jul 4, 1977 ... A Ballet Is Born: with 74 Dancers and the Waltz His Theme, George ... 
choreographer of our time, has put his tribute to the waltz onstage. ... In 1924, 
after several years of menial jobs and near starvation, Balanchine left Russia for 
Germany ... Balanchine's third ballerina wife, Maria Tallchief, left him in 1951... [DOC] [TLE] Giorgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze (1904 - 1983) - Genealogy - Geni [PAR] Dec 11, 2015 ... Genealogy for Giorgi Melitonovich

Question: This choreographer who left Russia in 1924 married 4 of his ballerinas, including Maria Tallchief
Answer: George Balanchine