For instance, he was active with the New York City Ballet, chairing its junior fundraising committee, then sitting on its board.

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During her career, Bussell has also performed with the New York City Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, Australian Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet.

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The next year, the couple moved to New York City, where she became a prima ballerina with what would become the New York City Ballet.

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Ms. Tallchief remained with the New York City Ballet for 18 years, and after her retirement in 1965, she became the artistic director of the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet.

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Kostritzky burnished her reputation for having a gift with children at the School of American Ballet, the in-house school for the New York City Ballet, where she taught more than 300 students in 18 years.

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Even the mighty New York City Ballet, whose 57-year-old production of "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker" is often held up as the ballet's gold standard, is experimenting with a way to stretch its "Nutcracker" dollars and reach a wider demographic.

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The company will host a special Sandy fundraiser on Feb. 26, "Fall and Recovery, " featuring stars from other corners of the dance world, including New York City Ballet's Wendy Whelan and American Ballet Theatre's Irina Dvorovenko.

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Located just south of Carnegie Hall, on West Fifty-fifth Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, City Center is the original home of New York City Opera and New York City Ballet.

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Earlier this year, New York City Ballet invited the Brooklyn-based art collective Faile to erect a tower of comic book-style drawings in the theater's elegant promenade.

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