In the company's 1993 "Balanchine Celebration," 6,000 people or 6 percent of the audience was new.

When it fell on this installment of the Balanchine Celebration, it was 1941.

- the "Balanchine Celebration" itself may be a new legend in the making.

The home team, however, has been steadily and splendidly inching the Balanchine Celebration toward a chronological finish.

The Balanchine Celebration only helped bring the issue of preservation to the attention of the ordinary dance lover as well as the specialist.

In this respect, the Balanchine Celebration, has never skipped a beat.

The company's Balanchine Celebration in 1993 seemed designed to draw the faithful back.

As in the 1993 Balanchine Celebration, foreign diplomats have been invited to introduce the relevant musical tributes.

And to see the two groups on the center's Opera House stage made one realize the value of the Balanchine Celebration.

Both were reportedly too difficult to restage and will not be part of the "Balanchine Celebration."