Mr. Corigliano, whose music has been used for many ballets, won this year's Pulitzer Prize in music for his Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra.
It is no accident that Balanchine and Stravinsky were associated for 45 years: in direct collaboration through the four scores that Stravinsky wrote for Balanchine and more loosely through the existing Stravinsky scores that Balanchine used for many ballets.
Among the many ballet stars for whom he choreographed were Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.
"We have so many ballets that have been made for us," he said.
Meanwhile, the way each movement of "Mirage" is accompanied by a major change in Mr. Calatrava's set recalls how Balanchine could so powerfully change or transfigure (sometimes by light alone) the d?r for so many ballets during their course.
How many ballets by George Balanchine have you seen?
Robbins created many important ballets for NYCB, some of the earliest being The Cage (1951), Afternoon of a Faun (1953), and The Concert (1956).
He danced for many ballet companies in his career, as a member or a guest artist.
For many ballet companies, an annual "Nutcracker" can bankroll an entire season.
Markova subsequently directed the Metropolitan Opera Ballet (1963-69) iNew Yorkrk, was professor of ballet and performing arts at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (from 1970), and became guest teacher and producer for many ballet companies throughout the world.
