"Tchaikovsky enjoyed the rehearsals for Swan Lake which began at the Bolshoi. He wrote to his brother, 'If you only knew how funny it is...

When Tanaquil LeClercq debuted as Odette in Swan Lake at 22 years old, the article in the Times the next day was titled: "Dancer...

Heading into a week of Balanchine's Swan Lake! On Diana Adams: “Her Odette is every inch the enchanted princess, imbued with a tender...

Baryshnikov dancing the 2nd solo in Robbins’ Fancy Free. Photo by Martha Swope, 1979 Video from “Dance in America” dir. Emile Ardolino, 1981

In 1962, NYCB went on tour to the Soviet Union. Allegra performed Agon with Arthur Mitchell. She wrote: “I was filling in for Diana Adams...

Diana Adams on the original rehearsals for Agon: "Balanchine rehearsals whip you into a frenzy. Keeping up with him was so difficult. I...

The most unreal photos you've ever seen of Afternoon of a Faun. (In my opinion...) These photos began as 1-inch by 1-inch proofs with red...

Lourdes Lopez and Merrill Ashley in Concerto Barocco. Photo by Steven Caras, mid 1980s. (left) Heather Watts (R) & Sean Lavery. Photo by...

"Kent has always been an enigma. […] She has a mystery, an allure that is rare in American ballerinas. […] Every step she takes on stage,...

Suzy Pilarre in La Source. Photo by Martha Swope, 1973. Listen to our podcast episode where Susan Pilarre speaks about her life in...

“Every ballet, I believe, is individual. It sets up its own world, its own society and mores; it has its own life. The approach,...

Kyra Nichols on the kiss at the end of the ballet: “You don’t really touch your face, you just reach up and feel the heat of the kiss on...

THE Donizetti grande pas de chat as shown by 5 NYCB icons. (top left) Merrill Ashley. Photo by Martha Swope, 1979. (top center) Patricia...

No commentary today, just Gelsey and Helgi in La Source. Gelsey Kirkland & Helgi Tomasson. Photos by Martha Swope, 1974.

When you watch Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun in the audience, you become aware that the opening of the proscenium is actually the mirrored...

These photos show Concerto Barocco at London's Covent Garden during NYCB's second tour to London in 1952. The company's first trip to...

When Balanchine choreographed La Source in 1968 it seemed to confuse everyone including the critics. Although they didn't dislike it,...

When Square Dance was choreographed in 1957, the cast included popular square dance caller, Elisha Keeler. The ballet featured his whitty...

“In many ways, the stars of 'Kammermusik' are the eight men in the corps. They have the first word and the last. […] The point about...

Suzanne Farrell on Concerto Barocco: "It is a simple ballet, but one of profoundly spiritual origins and intentions. Dancing it, one’s...