George Balanchine's ballets

Shows

Created in 1970 by the New York City Ballet, Who cares? is a suite of dances to pieces by George and Ira Gershwin - including the “classic” that gives the piece its name and I Got Rhythm - against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Who cares? combines an ensemble of dancers in various formations, followed by four soloists. They all come together in a playful finale in which Balanchine wanted to show the "musical genius and melodic beauty of Gershwin's compositions through classical dance".

In homage to the greatness of Imperial Russia, the Ballet Impérial was created in 1941 by the American Ballet Caravan for Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto. An opera in which George Balanchine brilliantly celebrates the technical virtuosity of academic ballet in the style of Petipa - his "spiritual father" - and the great Petersburg tradition.