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Input (English): Context: Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Becoming a ballet dancer requires years of training. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art., George Balanchine (born Giorgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze April 30, 1983) was a choreographer. 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., Russia, also officially known as the Russian Empire, was a state that existed from 1721 until it was overthrown by the short-lived liberal February Revolution in 1917. One of the largest empires in world history, stretching over three continents, the Russian Empire was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires. The rise of the Russian Empire happened in association with the decline of neighboring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, Persia and the Ottoman Empire. It played a major role in 181214 in defeating Napoleon's ambitions to control Europe, and expanded to the west and south., Andria Balanchivadze ( Georgian :     , Andria Melit'onis dze Balanchivadze , Russian :    , Andrei Melitonovich Balanchivadze ) ( 1 June 1906 ( O.S. 19 May ) -- 28 April 1992 ) was a Georgian composer . He was the son of Meliton Balanchivadze , the composer , and brother of George Balanchine , the famous Georgian - American ballet choreographer . Born in St. Petersburg , Russia , he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1927 and Leningrad Conservatory in 1931 , where he studied with Pyotr Ryazanov . Upon his return to Georgia , he became the musical director of several theatres from 1931 - 1934 . Having barely survived Joseph Stalin 's purges , he became a professor at the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1942 and served as an artistic director of the Georgian State Symphony from 1941 - 48 . He became a major influence in musical politics as chair ( 1953 ) , and first secretary ( 1955 -- 61 , 1968 -- 72 ) of the Union of Georgian Composers . Balanchivadze 's numerous symphonies , pianoforte concerts , and compositions for the stage heavily contributed to modern Georgian classical music . He also authored the first Georgian ballet , The Heart of the Mountains ( 1936 ) . He was granted the titles of the People 's Artist of Georgia ( 1957 ) and of the Soviet Union ( 1968 ) and awarded with several prizes , including the USSR State Prize in 1944 and the Shota Rustaveli State Prize in 1969 ., Meliton Balanchivadze (24 December 1862  21 December 1937) was a Georgian opera singer, composer and a celebrated member of Georgia's cultural scene, both under the Russian Empire and during the country's independence. Two of his sons, George and Andria, had illustrious careers, the former as a pioneering choreographer in the United States, and the latter as Soviet Georgia's leading classical composer., New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946., Subject: andria balanchivadze, Relation: genre, Options: (A) art (B) ballet (C) dance (D) history (E) music (F) opera (G) renaissance (H) society (I) various
Output (English): opera