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She was reportedly inspired to dance by watching a performance of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. ^{[citation needed]} Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen after being invited by George Balanchine and was promoted to Soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. These include Balanchine's version of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, Robbins' Goldberg Variations, and Tudor's Leaves are Fading. Margot Fonteyn in 1948. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Logo of the New York City Ballet The New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein originally known as the American Ballet. ... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... Jerome Robbins in Three virgins and a devil. ... Antony Tudor in “Gala Performance”, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Antony Tudor (April 4, 1909 - April 19, 1987), born William Cook, was an English choreographer and dancer who choreographed numerous ballets. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... The Firebird (French: LOiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, Žar-ptica) is a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky. ... The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, original title Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen[1] published as Clavierübung, bestehend in einer Aria. ...

She joined the American Ballet Theatre after meeting Mikhail Baryshnikov, who would become her perennial partner. She was practicing when she received a phone call from Baryshnikov's entourage asking her if she would like to dance with him and accepted. [[1]] She is perhaps most famous to the general public for dancing the role of "Clara" in Baryshnikov's 1977 television production of The Nutcracker. She left the ABT in 1984. Angel Corella as Aminta in the 2006 production of Ashtons ballet Sylvia. ... For the Russian athlete, see Aleksandr Baryshnikov. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... (left to right) Sergei Legat, as the Nutcracker, an unidentified child as a gingerbread soldier, and Lydia Rubtsova as Marianna in Vsevolozhskys costumes for the Ivanov/Petipa/Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, St. ... This article is about the year. ...

Books

In 1986, Kirkland, with Greg Lawrence, published Dancing on My Grave, a tell-all autobiography detailing her struggles with eating disorders and drug addiction. The book also sharply criticizes George Balanchine and speaks about many of her partnerships, both on stage and off, with some of the most famous dancers of the time, including Baryshnikov, Peter Martins, Ivan Nagy, Anthony Dowell, Patrick Bissell, Peter Schafuss, and Stephen Jeffries. Following Dancing on My Grave, Kirkland and Lawrence published The Shape of Love: The Story of 'Dancing on My Grave' Continues in 1990, which focuses on Kirkland's return to the stage in 1986. She and her ex-husband collaborated on one more book, "Little Ballerina and Her Dancing Horse," for children in 1994. George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ...

Currently

Kirkland has since departed from the stage, but now coaches younger dancers. She currently lives in Australia with husband Michael Chernov, but periodically returns to the United States. In 2006, she was awarded the Dance Magazine Award. Dance Magazine is a major American trade publication for dance. ...

She is currently a member of the guest faculty at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City, a guest artist at STEPS on Broadway, and has recently choreographed (with her husband, dramaturge Michael Chernov, and ABT artistic director Kevin McKenzie) a new production of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, in which, after a more than twenty year absence from the stage, she will dance the role of "Carabosse, the Wicked Fairy". Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October... The Apotheosis from the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballets reconstruction of Petipas original 1890 production of The Sleeping Beauty. ...

Trivia

• Baryshnikov called her "The best ballerina of her generation".
• She appeared as guest artist with the Royal Ballet 1980-86.
• She applied for the position of Artistic Director for a ballet company in Ireland, yet when she got the job, she wound up turning it down - in favor of teaching. ^{[citation needed]}
• Was on the May 1, 1978 cover of Time.
• Edward Villella described her as having "steel-like legs that are doing the most fantastic technical feats while the upper body is soft and lovely as though nothing were going on underneath" in Time magazine.
• Has undergone various plastic surgery operations. She had silicone put in her lips, her earlobes shortened, a nose job and breasts enlarged. ^{[citations needed]}
• Balanchine rechoreographed his version of Stravinsky's The Firebird specifically for her. ^{[citation needed]}

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Further reading

• Kirkland, Gelsey, and Greg Lawrence. Dancing on My Grave. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1986 (ISBN 0-385-19964-3).

• Kirkland, Gelsey, and Greg Lawrence. The Shape of Love: The Story of Dancing on My Grave Continues. New York, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1990 (ISBN 0-385-24918-7).

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External links

• The Ballerina Gallery - Gelsey Kirkland
• BDC Faculty Bio