Who was Stanley Williams? “[Stanley] Williams entered the Royal Theatre at nine. ‘The audition was very simple. You take your shoes and...

Who was Alexandra Danilova? Known to friends as “Choura” and known to students as simply “Madame”, Alexandra Danilova was born in 1904,...

Last week in the New York Public Library, I learned how to view things on microfilm, and I found this program from an early SAB...

Who was Felia Doubrovska? Doubrovska was born in 1896 and she trained at the Imperial Ballet School and joined the Mariinsky Ballet in...

Who was Anatole Oboukhoff? Anatole Oboukhoff was born in St. Petersburg in 1896. He studied at the Imperial Ballet School and went on to...

“On the fourth and top floor of an unprepossessing building which squats on the noisy northeast corner of Manhattan’s Madison Avenue and...

Who was Dorothie Littlefield? “She was the first American teacher hired by George Balanchine for his School of American Ballet and she...

Everyone is familiar with the iconic window lettering that read “School of American Ballet” at the Madison Avenue location which was home...

Who was Vladimiroff? Pierre Vladimiroff was one of the original teachers at SAB, teaching 33 years from 1934-1967. He had graduated from...

“The facility that greeted the students that opening day in 1934 was a spacious one with high ceilings. Most of the classes were given in...

Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the School of American Ballet. This month I'll be sharing content about the early days of SAB and...

(50/50) We've made it! Congratulation to the dancers, musicians, artistic staff, backstage staff, and front of house staff for...

(49/50) Jacques d'Amboise and Allegra Kent (visible in the back, Paul Mejia as the Prince). Photo by Fred Fehl, 1961. Harry Ransom Center

(48/50) Melissa Hayden. Photo by Martha Swope, 1964.

(47/50) Kay Mazzo and Sean Lavery. Photo by Martha Swope, 1977.

(46/50) Sheryl Ware as lead Marzipan. Elise Ingalls and Lisa de Ribére. Photo by Martha Swope, 1977.

(44/50) Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride dancing the Nutcracker pas de deux as newlyweds. These photos were taken in December...

(45/50) The Sugar Plum Fairy will welcome the Prince and Marie to the Land of Sweets just 5 more times this season… (top left) Photo by...

(41/50) Edward Bigelow, the original Mother Ginger in 1954 and the Polichinelles. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1954. LIFE Magazine Archive.

(42/50) If my math is correct, this would be Darci Kistler's Sugar Plum debut at age 16! With Ib Andersen. Photos by Fred Fehl, 1980....