Violette Verdy: "The Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, which became practically my signature piece, was not meant for me at all. It was for Diana...

(30/50) Sara Leland, Carol Sumner & Suki Schorer in Marzipan. Photo by Fred Fehl, 1960. Harry Ransom Center

“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...

Allegra Kent was 11 years old when she first experienced an evening at the ballet (1948). The third ballet on the program was La...

“Her Odette manages to be both a ballerina’s holiday and a poetic and appealing work of art. In the quality of her movement she has...

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

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

The original Sleepwalker in La Sonnambula, Alexandra Danilova, recalled learning this ballet in her autobiography Choura: “I was the...

Today's matinee features Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux which Balanchine began choreographing for Diana Adams and Jacques d’Amboise. However,...

Although Serenade’s meaning has been subject to endless speculation since it was created 87 years ago—Mr. B himself even giving...

(9/10) A lot of people say Balanchine’s one-act Swan Lake is cold and stripped of emotion. Although many story elements are absent I...

Today is the 4th out of 10 Swan Lake performances this season. (bottom left) Melissa Hayden & Jacques d’Amboise. Martha Swope, 1967....

(1/10) Today begins NYCB’s run of 12 Swan Lake performances. Balanchine’s version (rather than Martins’) is being mounted for the first...

Happy Birthday Mr. B! Born January 22nd, 1904, today marks the 118th anniversary of Balanchine’s birth. I could go on and on about what I...