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...

"The first ballet I ever did on stage was in Paris, and it was Afternoon of a Faun, and I was 15 and didn't realize how extraordinary...

On Raymonda Variations, Balanchine wrote: "The music itself, its grand and generous manner, its joy and playfulness, was for me more than...

“Here they are, outstanding simply because they have been malleable to genius.” This is how Anna Kisselgoff, described Colleen Neary,...

"The three hallmarks of the American classic style are poetry, athleticism, and musicality, and these three graces are exquisitely...

“Mr. B used to close up the pianos in the theater or the studios before leaving. He would always clean up the pianos, take away the...

I often lament not being born a few decades earlier. There are so many dancers and choreographers I wish I could have worked with,...

In a 2004 A&E biography special on Liza Minnelli, composer John Kander told this story of the origin of the Theme from New York, New...

As New York, New York prepares for its first preview this Friday on Broadway, I got curious and wanted to find out more about the history...

Happy Opening to the company of Dancin'! As always, I celebrate all theater and dance events by looking back at where we came from. Today...

"Above it all, is Miss Reinking. There are other first-rate performers, but she is clearly the star. Miss Reinking possesses a number of...

Ann Reinking in a clip from the DVD recording of “Fosse” (2001). Start at 1:39:44

Happy first preview to the cast of Dancin'! Just a day prior to the 1978 opening of Dancin', Bob Fosse told the Times: “I feel like I’m...