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NYCB Vol. 15 No. 9 - Divertimento #15
Men (L-R): Nicolas Magallanes, Jonathan Watts, ? Women(L-R): ?, Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden, Jillana, ? On Balanchine’s Divertimento No....

Lauryn Johnson
May 8


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 26 - The Concert
Did you know, the backdrops for Robbins' The Concert are based on La Scala in Milan, Italy? (swipe for the comparison and see how many...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 24, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 23 - The Concert
Jerome Robbins: “The Concert goes back to my childhood when a musical piece was briefly explained to me as ‘butterflies,’ ‘raindrops’ and...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 21, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 13 - The Concert
On Jerome Robbins' The Concert (or, The Perils of Everyone): “Screwy and charming; much of the time, both funny and oddly touching. A...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 9, 2024


NYCB Vol. 8 No. 7 - Western Symphony
Balanchine’s Western Symphony was choreographed with 4 movements—Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo, and Rondo—but Balanchine cut the 3rd movement...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 25, 2023


NYCB Vol. 5 No. 21 - Nutcracker
[21/50] [1/2] Maria Tallchief remembering Tanny's opening night performance as Dew Drop: "...I watched Tanny lead the ‘Waltz of the...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 11, 2022
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