Talk:Episodes (ballet)

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Did you know... that George Balanchine said that a solo in his ballet Episodes (pictured) should evoke the image of a fly in a glass of milk?

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207.237.61.26 (talk) 00:00, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:16, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Paul Taylor in Episodes

... that the ballet Episodes (pictured) features choreography by Martha Graham and George Balanchine, leading figures in modern dance and neoclassical ballet respectively? Source: [1], p. 88
- ALT1: ... that although Episodes (pictured) was conceived as a collaboration between Martha Graham and George Balanchine, they choreographed the two halves of the ballet separately? Source: [2], p. 205
- ALT2: ... that George Balanchine said a solo in his ballet Episodes (pictured) should evoke the image of a fly stuck in a glass of milk? Source: [3]
- ALT3: ... that half of the ballet Martha Graham and George Balanchine's Episodes (pictured) depicts Mary, Queen of Scots, and the other half is plotless? Source: [4]
- ALT4: ... that although Martha Graham and George Balanchine's Episodes (pictured) was hailed "historic", the ballet had not been performed in its entirety since the year it premiered? Source: [5]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Quentin Oliver Lee

5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:17, 13 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Corachow: Good article. Will have to AGF on the offline sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]