Talk:George Balanchine

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The paragraph about getting CJD from animal gland injections is silly to have here: it really doesn't belong in an article about CJD, much less in an article about George Balanchine. If it came from an animal, it wasn't CJD, it was some other (variant) disease.

The speculation was that of Balanchine's UROLOGIST (not a neurologist) Robert D. Wickham, and is unfounded. This mode of transmission is not established. -- Someone else 01:22, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Article seems thin on Balanchine's contributions

I accessed this page hoping to understand more specifics of what Balanchine's impact on ballet was. Aside from the sentence about him being a link between classical and modern dance, there wasn't much there. I've heard that he was somewhat revolutionary, but you wouldn't pick that up from this articule, which is more a catalog of his love-life.

I agree. His early history has been restarted. I added most of his choreographies. The Trust will be putting out a complete list soon (400+ choreographies).--tufkaa 05:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it's of interest, but Balanchine is noted for his use of African American vernacular dance themes in his choreography. His work on the film Cabin in the Sky is a good example. African American dance scholars such as Tommy DeFrantz, Katrina Hazzard Gordon and Brenda Dixon Gottschild discuss Balanchine at length for his use of African American movement and aesthetics, as well as his work _with_ African American dancers. A survey of African American presence in American ballet would reveal Balanchine's important role.