Cast of Glass Pieces Photo by Martha Swope, 1988 New York Public Library “Glass Pieces is stunning, When it opens with 36 dancers in...

"It seemed as if it would be a relatively ordinary night of repertory on Thursday evening when the New York City Ballet performed at the...

"Yet Tuesday, the ballet confirmed itself as one of the most exciting works in the entire international repertory. The electrifying...

On Robbins’ Other Dances: “The ballet needs a kind of innate eloquence to make its understated, folk-accented solos and partnering shine....

Edwin Denby wrote:“Robbins’ Interplay, once in Billy Rose's"Concert Varieties" and now a success in Ballet Theater's  repertory, is of...

(L-R) Harold Lang, Tommy Rall, Janet Reed, Melissa Hayden [lifted], John Kriza [lifting], Muriel Bentley, Fernando Alonso, Roszika Sabo....

Jerome Robbins choreographed Interplay in 1945, not for ABT, but for Billy Rose's 'Concert Varieties.' "Stirred by dim memories of the...

Tzigane was the first ballet that Balanchine choreographed for Suzanne after she returned to NYCB. She wrote about the choreographic...

"In this [first] movement, Tanaquil LeClercq and Jerome Robbins are the solo figures, and they are irresistibly funny in the most...

"Miss Watts danced this exuberant quirky choreography with a special slink. […] She has captured the pinup-girl tone of the choreography....

In an interview with Edwin Denby on Dances at a Gathering, Robbins said, “The second dance, for John Prinz and Allegra Kent, I call it...

Sisters Patricia and Colleen Neary both took on the role of "Tall Girl" in Balanchine's Rubies ♦️ “The toe-to-ear kicks, hip-jutting...

Janet Reed & Herbert Bliss. Photos by Roger Wood, 1949. New York Public Library On Balanchine's Bourrée Fantasque: "Last evening's...

Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet recieved lukewarm reviews when it premiered: "Naturally enough, there are moments--and already I...

After being away from NYCB for a decade, working on various Broadway shows, Jerome Robbins returned home to the company after he received...

Dances at a Gathering opens with a solo for the Brown Boy who was originally danced by Edward Villella . Eddie wrote about this solo in...

In Balanchine's Bourrée Fantasque, Maria Tallchief was the second movement ballerina. She wrote, "Increasingly, the roles George created...

After Suzanne's 6-year absence from NYCB, the first work Balanchine choreographed on her was Tzigane. The ballet was made in just 6 days...

“The night was mild, a star glittered somewhere in the distance, the water of the plaza fountain soared and splashed, and a brass quintet...

“About 1,000 workmen and their wives will see the New York City Ballet, under George Balanchine’s direction, go through its first dress...