Suzanne Farrell and Joseph Duell in Walpurgisnacht Photo by Costas from Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance (affiliate link)

Balanchine on Gelsey in his 1970 revival of Firebird: “She’s still a baby, just coming out of the awkward stage. But I didn’t want a...

Donizetti Variations was originally choreographed in 1960 as "Variations from Don Sebastian" with music by Gaetano Donizetti. Ten years...

Happy Birthday, Maria Tallchief! In her autobiography she reflected: “Heaven knows, in my artistic quest I hadn’t achieved perfection no...

“The novelty of the program was Violette Verdy making her debut, strangely enough, in George Balanchine’s 'Allegro Brillante.' One says...

Ann Reinking during the filming of 'Annie' on location at Radio City Music Hall on May 1, 1982. Photos by Walter McBride. Excerpts of...

Happy 90th Birthday Chita Rivera! Here she performs “I Got Plenty O’ Nothin” on the Judy Garland Show (ep. 17 aired Jan 1964).

Of Heather Watt's solo in Walpurgisnacht, Anna Kisselgoff wrote: “There was a breathtaking instant when she seemed suspended in slow...

(1/2) “There is no future anyhow, it’s always the present, forever.” —George Balanchine in a 1963 interview for New York Public Radio....

“The ballet was made for Maria, and she went after it like a demon, as if possessed, with ferocity. That is certainly one of Balanchine’s...

Balanchine on Haieff Divertimento: “The piece was composed originally for piano, which was the form in which I first heard Haieff play...

Maria Tallchief on Allegro Brillante: “The ballet captivated me. The business of being lifted into the air in my flowing chiffon skirt...

“This is a dance ballet, pure and simple, to some pleasant music by Donizetti. It was originally produced as a part of “Salute to Italy,”...

"The Valse is so lovely. You feel beautiful."—Suki Schorer in Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet The ballet Valse...

We're back! Tonight is opening night of NYCB's Winter 2023 season. In his autobiography, Jacques d'Amboise recalled being in the audience...

Gwen Verdon—born 98 years ago today! I hope you enjoy this tiny history lesson I’ve complied for the occasion! Below are excerpts from a...

I found this photo transparency in the LIFE archives. It depicts Leslie Caron shooting a short Charleston sequence that appears in the...

[50/50] One last bow for 2022! Allegra Kent on dancing Sugar Plum in 1964 for the first time on the larger New York State Theater stage,...

Marjorie Reynolds and Fred Astaire in the New Year’s Eve scene in Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (1942) with choreography by Danny Dare....

[48/50] Paloma Hererra guesting with NYCB as Dewdrop. Photos by Costas. Probably 1994, according to Paloma.