This week NYCB takes London as part of its 75th anniversary season tour schedule! In 1950 and 1952, NYCB made two important trips to...

Today we wrap up the winter season with a high-energy program. In this footage of Patricia McBride and Edward Villella in Tarantella,...

Violette Verdy: "The Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, which became practically my signature piece, was not meant for me at all. It was for Diana...

Jerome Robbins said, “One of the pleasures of attending a concert is the freedom to lose oneself in listening to the music. Quite often,...

“For a quarter of a century, Milly [Melissa Hayden] and I danced together, guesting with other companies, doing concerts and...

"The ballet appears to concern the musings of a sensitive young man. A woman symbolizes an ideal in the entrances and exits of an...

“Christopher d’Amboise and Wilhelmina Frankfurt were so extreme in their high jumps, with legs tucked under, that they seemed suspended...

“The Prokofiev concerto […] has been heard by Mr. Robbins as an aural inspiration rather than a structural guide. It has very possibly...

Did you know, the backdrops for Robbins' The Concert are based on La Scala in Milan, Italy? (swipe for the comparison and see how many...

On this day in 1983, Balanchine was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. These are photos of Suzanne accepting the award on his...

Merill Ashley on Ballo della Regina: "Every time we came to a trouble spot, I worried that I might fail Balanchine, that somehow the...

Jerome Robbins: “The Concert goes back to my childhood when a musical piece was briefly explained to me as ‘butterflies,’ ‘raindrops’ and...

"When Balanchine choreographed, he did all the partnering himself. He had always taken great pride in the fact that he never asked his...

On The Four Temperaments: “When, in the opening statements of the ballet—the first part of the Theme—we see a girl, supported on her...

“Nothing at all happens, of course— nothing but the constant revelation of beauty.” --John Martin, New York Times, Nov 23, 1960. “The...

Edward Villella on Symphony in Three Movements: "I danced the pas de deux in the ballet opposite Sara (Sally) Leland, and the tone in...

Deborah Jowitt on Opus 19/The Dreamer: "Robbins clearly wanted to explore Baryshnikov's chameleon-like aptitude for unfamiliar styles and...

Tanny on The Four Temperaments: “I was very young to be in the original cast of Four Ts; I was right out of the School. […] I would’ve...

I am delighted to share these photos with you that I recently found in the Library of Congress digital archive in the Larry Colwell...

Merrill Ashley speaking about the jump that has become synonymous with both her the ballet Ballo della Regina : “Soon Balanchine came to...