I've recently heard that he did -- also that the hippos were a parody of Danilova.... Does anybody KNOW for sure how much truth there is in this? it would of course be great fun if it were true.....
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Did Balanchine choreograph hte hippo ballet for Fantasia?
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Paul Parish
, Feb 23 2002 08:29 PM
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Posted 23 February 2002 - 08:54 PM
I thought it was a parody of Tatiana Lichine.
(I can't spell her maiden name.) Or did she do the actual dancing for the artists to study?
[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: glebb ]
(I can't spell her maiden name.) Or did she do the actual dancing for the artists to study?
[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: glebb ]
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Posted 23 February 2002 - 09:50 PM
According to "Choreography by George Balanchine: A Catalogue of Works," it was based on Vera Zorina in The Goldwyn Follies: "In the Water Nymph Ballet, Zorina rises out of a pool; this dance was later the model for the dance of the hippos and ostriches (to the Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda)in Walt Disney's film Fantasia."
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