Martha Graham recalled watching Balanchine choreograph his section of Episodes, which they jointly created in 1959: “It was like watching...

“It is gentle in tone and fascinating in its nuances. What seems like a simple canon becomes movement repeated in a different direction...

An excerpt from the outline that Jerome Robbins wrote for Fancy Free circa 1943: “Three sailors explode onto the stage. They are out on...

"To get right to the point without any ifs, ands, or buts, Jerome Robbins’ ‘Fancy Free,’ which the American Ballet Theatre premiered last...

(left & right) Suki Schorer in Donizetti Variations. Photo by Martha Swope, 1968. (center Suki Schorer and Balanchine in rehearsal for...

Merrill Ashley in Valse Fantaisie Photo by Martha Swope, 1977

“The leading dancer of the work follows the piano in the cadenza, but her cavalier also has his important part, as do the supporting...

Happy Birthday, Baryshnikov! There’s a sweet article written by Arthur Unger in 1980 who interviewed Misha and Liza together on a rainy...

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...