mr. balanchine performed the two beggars. that way also in life, in a way. they would confer together. they had continuous complicity. they were plotting together. narrator: the stravinsky festival had demolished any doubt that balanchine was the preeminent ballet choreographer of the 20th century. "when i watch him work," robbins confessed in his journal "it's so extraordinary that i just want to give up." martins: i don't think i've ever met two people more different than jerry robbins and george balanchine. jerry's insecurity was astounding. balanchine's trust in himself was overwhelming. verdy: even with that incredible talent, jerry wasn't sure that it was ever good enough because it was all about love. we needed to love him a lot and he needed to love us and he wanted to be loved so badly. narrator: when balanchine decreed a festival of works to the music of maurice ravel, robbins set himself the task of making a neoclassical ballet using balanchine's own muse, suzanne farrell, and her frequent partner peter martins. th