George Balanchine, (January 22 1904 to April 30, 1983) the famous choreographer, relied on his Russian training and that country's genius for music, to succeed in the United States. He was the ballet master at the New York City Ballet for many decades.
Balanchine loved cats and was certain he had trained one, named Mourka, to dance. Igor Stravinsky (1882 -1971) wanted to see this dancing cat.
The story is told by Bernard Taper in Balanchine, a Biography (1996). We would like more details. The denouement of the story Taper recalls is that "Guests present later said that was the only time they had ever seen Balanchine nervous before a performance."
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