“La Valse may have been the quintessential role of LeClercq, not only for its angular sophistication and doomed half-innocence, which she...

"When we started the pas de deux, I felt secure. Standing up stage, I took an extra breath, and then made the flying leap into Frank’s...

“Balanchine’s Sylvia Pas de Deux was designed around Tallchief’s technical virtuosity. Although Nicholas Magallanes was her original...

“Ballet began when Terpsichore touched Apollo’s finger, as on the Sistine ceiling God touches Adam’s, and inspired a pas de deux in which...

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

“I don’t see why some people are so shocked by ‘The Cage’. If you observe closely you must realize that it is actually not more than the...

(2/10) When Balanchine mounted his own one-act production of Swan Lake in 1951, New York Times critic John Martin was “bewildered” by the...

Last La Valse of the season. The camera sure loves Tanny. I’m mesmerized by these photos. Which is your favorite? (above) Tanaquil...

The original principal couple in Balanchine’s La Valse (1951) was Tanaquil LeClercq and Nicholas Magallanes. The day after the premiere...