Suki Schorer is an American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer. She danced with

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

's New York City Ballet from 1959 to 1972. Suki Schorer teaches at the

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, the official school of the

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and is a Balanchine Trust répétiteur.

Biography

Suki Schorer received her early professional training at the San Francisco Ballet School and joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1956. She continued her ballet studies with Lew Christensen as a member of the Company and also attended the University of California at Berkeley. In 1959, at the invitation of George Balanchine, she joined the New York City Ballet where she took his daily classes for over a decade. In 1968, she was made a principal dancer. Her repertory included principal roles in ''Apollo'', ''Serenade'', ''Concerto Barocco'', ''Symphony in C'', ''Ivesiana'', ''Stars and Stripes'', ''Tarantella'' and ''Jewels'' among others. Balanchine made solo roles on her in ''Don Quixote'', ''Raymonda Variations'', ''Harlequinade'', and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream.'' Almost from the beginning of her tenure at the New York City Ballet, she began to teach at the School of American Ballet and she occasionally taught company class. Later, Mr. B asked her to teach a "newcomers" class for dancers joining the company. At his request, she toured the US as a talent scout for the School of American Ballet and assisted him in seminars for ballet teachers that were organized with support from the Ford Foundation. On her retirement from the Company in 1972, Mr. B organized a new class of advanced girls at SAB of which she was to be the principal teacher. In 1998, she was appointed to the Brown Foundation Senior Faculty Chair at the School, which remains her principal commitment. In addition to teaching, she has staged a ballet annually for SAB's Workshop and excerpts for appearances in other venues by SAB students. She lectures on Balanchine aesthetics and guest teaches widely in the United States and abroad (School of Bolshoi). In Europe, Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Ecole de Danse de l'Opéra National de Paris.

Publications

She is also a dance writer: * contribution to * * 1999 : ''Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique'', Knopf. In 2000 winner of de la Torre Bueno Prize, translated in French and in Italian. A Japanese edition is in progress. * contribution to * contribution to * contribution to * * contribution to

Videography

* 1992 : ''Music for ballet class''- Intermediate Pointe Class, VHS/DVD Bodarc Productions * 1995 : ''The Balanchine Essays'' – series of 9 VHS/DVDs –, The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995–96. Analysis of details of Balanchine's approach to classical technique, with Merrill Ashley * 1997 :''Marie-Jeanne coaching Concerto Barocco with John Taras and Suki Schorer'' VHS. The G.Balanchine Foundation * 1997 : ''Encore'' VHS/DVD – Ballet Pointe class, Bodarc Productions * 1998 : ''Balanchine lives!'' – Arte – VHS * 1999 : contribution to ''Antonina Tumkovsky – 50 years at the School of American Ballet'', VHS/DVD – SAB * 2001 : ''Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories'' – Richard Blanshard – SAB * 2003 : ''Legends'' – Beginning Pointe Class, VHS, Bodarc Productions * 2008 : ''School of American Ballet, serving the classical vision'' DVD – SAB * 2008 : ''Bringing Balanchine back'' DVD

Awards

* 1992 : ''Who’s Who in America''. * 1997 : Distinguished Teacher in the Arts – National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. * 1998 : Dance Magazine Award. * 2000 : De la Torre Bueno Prize * 2001 :

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Bibliography

* * * ''La tecnica e lo stile di Balanchine'', Carla Wertenstein, Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Roma 2007 *

References

External links

*Hilary Ostlere (June 7, 1998

New York Times * Gia Kourlas (June 3, 2006

New York Times * Mindy Aloff (July 17, 2007

Exploredance * Joan Acocella (February 23, 2009) ttp://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/02/23/090223gonb_GOAT_notebook_acocella/ Old-Time Religion The New Yorker
Suki Schorer y la tecnica Balanchine
Danza Ballet (2009) *Ariane Dolfuss (December 2010) "Balanchine de A à Z", ''Danser Magazine'', Paris
Suki Schorer – Teaching Balanchine's style for 40 years
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