The Resume

(January 22, 1904-April 30, 1983)
Birth name was Giorgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze
Nickname was Mr. B
Defected from the Soviet Union in 1924
Moved permanently to the U.S. in 1934
Founder of The American School of Ballet (1934)
Co-founder of The New York City Ballet (1948)
Directed the ballet movie version of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967)'
Died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at age 79
Received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan 2 months before his death
Inspiration for The George Balanchine Foundation

Why he might be annoying:

He was married and divorced 4 times.
He married his first wife when she was 14.
His professional interest in ballerina Suzanne Farrell turned into an extramarital affair.
When ballet productions were performed in practice clothes, they were called Balanchine's 'leotard ballets.'
When the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease struck him, he wouldn't allow a biopsy to determine what ailed him.
The disease was only discovered after an autopsy.

Why he might not be annoying:

His father and brother were both famed Georgian composers.
He was a ballet dancer himself until a knee injury forced him to exchange dancing for choreography.
He helped modernize classic ballet.
He choreographed Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' in 1954 in New York City, which has become an annual Christmas tradition in the U.S.
He extended his medium outlets to movies, TV and music theater.
His specialty was female dancers, dubbed 'Balanchine ballerinas.'
He said of his ladies, 'Ballet is Woman. In sports, it's Mickey Mantle. In politics, it's Eisenhower. In ballet, it's woman. Women are lighter, more flexible. They move more beautifully. He is not the King, but she's the Queen.'

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Balanchine's Baby Ballerinas
• Choreographers
• Fag Stags [Men Loved by Gay Men]
• Horseshoe Haircut
• I am an Adulterer
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [A-C]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Died in 1983 (Ranked: 79)
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Have Skin Cancer [Melanoma]
• I Portrayed Myself
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I Was Hot For My Student
• I'm Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1978)
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Look at Me, I'm Dancing
• Musical Theater Star
• My Name, My Company
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Profiles 16251-16500 (Ranked: 16398)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 03]
• Stiffs
• Teachers
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• Visually Impaired
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19830430)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 80 Votes: 52.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 91 Votes: 54.95% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 81 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 107 Votes: 65.42% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 417 Votes: 70.02% Annoying