To celebrate the end of the winter season, a season full of homage to Maria Tallchief and her 100th birthday I thought I’d share this...

Maria Tallchief on Scotch Symphony: “One effect in the adagio was inspired by the way goddesses, sylphs and fairies were made to fly...

Tanaquil LeClercq and Nicholas Magallanes. Photo by Roger Wood, 1952. "The slow movement of Concerto Barocco --one of Balanchine's...

"By the time Le Clercq emerged as the Balanchine-favored executant of Concerto Barocco, she had become recognized as ‘most nearly the...

In Balanchine's Bourrée Fantasque, Maria Tallchief was the second movement ballerina. She wrote, "Increasingly, the roles George created...

“During the day we rehearsed both ballets [Serenade & Symphony in C], and it was painful. The Covent Garden stage took getting used to....

“Balanchine delighted in informing me of the proper manner of drinking tea, as there was a possibility the company would be hosted at a...

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

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...

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

[34/50] Just like all the students at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine performed in...

Tonight NYCB's season opens with 3 ballets, one of which being Balanchine's Scotch Symphony. The ballet originally featured Maria...

(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...