George Balanchine

I have not yet had the opportunity to study up on George Balanchine, which is quite unfortunate because, he was basically the author of my favorite method of ballet, the Balanchine Method. I'm very interested in his method for several reasons; 1) I absolutley love the art of ballet, and his specific method is so classical, clean, and unique, 2) I've always followed his teachings, but never known anything about him, I would like to know how he came about creating this beautiful method of movement, or what his life was like leading up to ballet, and 3) I believe that in order to fully appreciate the instruction given to us;dancers, it's important to understand our instructor...I would love to understand george Balanchine. I hope with all my heart to come away from this blog research report knowing more about the life of this incredible man. To me He is like the god of ballet. He created something so incredibly beautiful, and gave it over to those of us who had no knowledge of it, he taught us how to display the human body as a work of art, an indescribable, breath-taking image used to capture the minds and hearts of our audience.