During these years he created incidental ballets for several companies, but these works lacked his former fire.

But most daunting is the responsibility of creating new ballets.

In recent interviews, the three women who have created ballets for the project offered some observations on the subject.

George Balanchine wanted to create ballets, he once said, in which you could see the music and hear the dance.

Lucia kept inviting me to create new ballets for the company and brought in other works of mine.

"It was always: maintain the repertory and create new ballets."

Of course, choreographers have created all-male ballets in the past.

He created several short ballets over the next few years.

And no one else has been creating ballets.

They have been invited to create new ballets in the year 2000.