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Work with Debussy?[edit]
Article says: "During these years, he worked with composers such as Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy". "These years" refer to the period 1924-1929. How could Balanchine have worked with Debussy, who died in 1918? -- sylvainhalle 01:22 &:25, 15 Apr 2015 (UTC)
Actor or dancer?[edit]
It seems strange to me that, in the info box on Balanchine, under "Occupation," he's listed as "choreographer, actor, director." I would advocate for replacing "actor" with "dancer," as he did train for a career as a ballet dancer, and danced professionally for a time, even as he was developing as a young choreographer. The article lists no credits for him as an actor, and notes that, while still working with Diaghilev's company, he suffered a serious knee injury and "had to limit his dancing, effectively ending his performance career." The only "actor" credits I find for him on imdb.com are three, all for performances in ballets, and there are none on ibdb.com. He did of course perform the role of Don Quixote decades later in his production of the ballet, but if playing character roles within ballets makes someone an actor, especially to the exclusion of being a dancer, then most long-lived ballet dancers (not to mention all opera singers) must be listed as actors; really though, they are mostly dancers (or singers) acting characters within their dancing (or singing) roles. In some cases (Robert Helpmann, Moira Shearer, Leslie Caron, Vera Zorina, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, Alexander Godunov, as examples), artists definitely should be listed as both dancers and actors, but I really don't think G. Balanchine falls into this category.Toscaskiss32 (talk) 16:05, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
- I am in total agreement. — Robert Greer (talk) 01:05, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
- Done I also agree, I have removed it. Alexcalamaro (talk) 04:33, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Clive James[edit]
'James Clive' should be 'Clive James' (author of Cultural Amnesia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.9.233 (talk) 18:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Already done. Alexcalamaro (talk) 04:33, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
microindentology[edit]
The expression "microindentology professor" is meaningless and seems vandalism. 2001:4C4E:3003:7100:2023:2F42:E05B:BCC8 (talk) 09:56, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
abusive[edit]
There's only a blurb in this article about Balanchine's autocratic, abusive style. There is no mention about how Balanchine did nothing to help dancers who abused drugs within the company and in fact, seemed to tolerate it. There is no mention of Gelsey Kirkland's book "Dancing On My Grave" which is a damning portrayal of Balanchine's excesses. Balanchine was a successful choreographer but this amounts to a big "so what" when contrasted with his tyrannical style. This article mentions VERY LITTLE INDEED about his enormous flaws and as such makes it seem written by people who simply want to bury that fact. How about it Wikipedia? You go around pan handling for funds but your editors write articles that are so obviously biased. 47.138.89.140 (talk) 04:01, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
- You're welcome to add sourced additions to the article if you feel it's lacking. Not everyone is educated on the topic as you seem to be. oncamera (talk page) 04:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
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