"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...

On Jerome Robbins' The Concert (or, The Perils of Everyone): “Screwy and charming; much of the time, both funny and oddly touching. A...

These photos show Mary-Ellen dancing the Sanguinic section in The Four Temperaments in the original costume. Balanchine hated the...

Liebeslieder Walzer is a 65 minute ballet in two parts containing 18 songs by Brahms. In the first part, four couples enter an ornate...

In the late 1930s, Balanchine had extra money from his work on Broadway and in Hollywood and used it to commission Paul Hindemith to...

In his first ballet, Fancy Free, Jerome Robbins cast himself as the 3rd sailor who was described as an “intense and smoldering...

Speaking of Robbins' In The Night, Clive Barnes wrote, "His dancers remain people, even in the throes of arcanely acrobatic passion"...

The beginning of Jerome Robbins’ ‘The Four Seasons’ introduces Janus the god of new beginnings, in this case representing the new year....

Who was Muriel Stuart? "She was born in 1903 in London and auditioned for Anna Pavlova at 8 years old. “When it came Stuart’s turn to...

Who was Helene Dudin? Helene Dudin was a Soviet trained ballerina who came to SAB in 1954. She was close friends with Tumey (Antonina...

Robbins’ "In the Night" is a collection of 3 duets and 1 ensemble movement at the end. Deborah Jowitt describes the ballet: “The first...

“Barefoot David Parsons, who has never partnered a ballerina, steadies New York City Ballet principal Merrill Ashley as she rises on...

In an outline for the ballet circa 1943 excerpted in “Jerome Robbins: By Himself” (affiliate link) edited by @mizvaill, Robbins wrote:...