This is the city of Balanchine and Baryshnikov, Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky.

这座城市是巴兰钦，巴瑞·辛尼可夫，杜斯内耶夫斯基和柴可夫斯基的故乡。

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At age13 she won a scholarship to study with ballet legend george balanchine.

13岁的时候获得过芭蕾舞奖学金。

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Balanchine and other choreographers reject the term because a ballet being performed by human dancers, can never be abstract.

巴兰青和其他舞蹈编导拒绝禁锢与故事情节，因为芭蕾本源的扮演就是舞者人体，并不抽象化于故事情节。

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The famous Russian-born ballet director George Balanchine created his own version of "The Nutcracker" for the New York City Ballet.

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Choreographers including George Balanchine relied on Franklin to keep their tradition alive, Ausman said.

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Still, the Oregon Ballet Theatre is set to retire its Balanchine "Nutcracker" in the near future.

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The two divorced after several years, but Ms. Tallchief continued to perform under Mr. Balanchine's direction.

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