# (486) March Madness Balanchine Bracket with Maria Calegari and Bart Cook

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Podcast: [Conversations on Dance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-on-dance-6317)
Published: 2026-03-25T16:42:47+00:00
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## Resource

Listen to Conversations on Dance ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/conversationsondance On Conversations on Dance, we welcome Maria Calegari and Bart Cook to revisit a March Madness-style bracket of George Balanchine ballets created by Indiana University students during COVID, using head-versus-heart choices to spark memories and discussion about dancing and staging the repertory. As we debate matchups, Maria and Bart reflect on musicality, design collaborations, costuming, performance traditions, coaching details, and more. The bracket ultimately yields different winners among the four of us. Follow along with a bracket of your own. Click here to view and download. LINKS: Website: conversationsondancepod.com Instagram: @conversationsondance COD Merch Listen to COD on YouTube Join our email list Sponsorship information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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