Balanchine's "The Figure in the Carpet" With Diana Adams, NYC Ballet | Omnibus With Alistair Cooke

Excerpt: From the only moving-image record of George Balanchine's choreography for Handel: "The Figure in the Carpet," Diana Adams and The New York City Ballet perform "The Reception Of The Foreign Ambassadors," - a preview of intentions for New York's Lincoln Center, whose State Theater would open three years later.

Date aired - January 1, 1961, NBC - Diana Adams, New York City Ballet

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