America's legendary choreographer George Balanchine didn't care much about the visual arts. He wished his ballets to be performed without sets, he even disliked costumes. There's a story that Lincoln Kirstein, who founded New York City Ballet with him, once invited Balanchine to go to a museum. "No thanks," he said. "I've been to a museum".Monday, July 26, 2010
"I've been already there"
America's legendary choreographer George Balanchine didn't care much about the visual arts. He wished his ballets to be performed without sets, he even disliked costumes. There's a story that Lincoln Kirstein, who founded New York City Ballet with him, once invited Balanchine to go to a museum. "No thanks," he said. "I've been to a museum".
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The deeply freezed life exhibited in a museum may be a physical hurt for a ballet dancer who existantially is aligned on motion.
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