That’s an easy question. It was, of course, George Balanchine. He came from Russia via Europe and settled in America in 1933. He started a little company which was not very successful, so he had to start over and over again. Ultimately, he founded the New York City Ballet. I happened to be born at the right time, came to the right place, and had the fortune to audition for him, and work with him, because he is the genius of the century of ballet. I learned how to dance with him.
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Suzanne Farrell
Ballerina and ballet master; répétiteur for the Balanchine Trust
United States · b. 1945
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American ballerina, born Roberta Sue Ficker in Cincinnati. She joined the New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet in 1961 and became George Balanchine’s principal muse, dancing Dulcinea in his Don Quixote at nineteen. Arthritis of the hip forced her retirement from the stage in 1989. She received the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005.
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