On Balanchine’s Act II pas de Deux in Midsummer Nights Dream: “But brief as it was, the change from many dancers to just two gave a...

Monumentum Pro Gesualdo was choreographed by Balanchine in 1960 for Diana Adams and Conrad Ludlow. “Walking is the key movement,...

(49/50) Jacques d'Amboise and Allegra Kent (visible in the back, Paul Mejia as the Prince). Photo by Fred Fehl, 1961. Harry Ransom Center

(17/50) Paul Mejia in his third year as the Nutcracker Prince. I shared these photos with Maria Terezia Balogh and Paul last night at...

"The first ballet I ever did on stage was in Paris, and it was Afternoon of a Faun, and I was 15 and didn't realize how extraordinary...

This morning we have a student matinée. NYCB’s tradition of inviting NYC school children to the ballet began with Mr. B: “Balanchine, who...

[15/50] Of a 17-year-old Gelsey Kirkland, Clive Barnes wrote: “It is a special pleasure to see Miss Kirkland right now in the springtime...

[11/50] Jacques was in Hollywood shooting Seven Brides for Seven Brothers when Balanchine choreographed the Nutcracker in 1954. He...

(5/6) In his book, Ailey described wanting to put Revelations aside for a while, after it had been performed globally. But audiences had...

(2/6) In his autobiography Ailey recounts: “Revelations began with the music. As early as I can remember I was enthralled by the music...

Tonight we begin again where it all began: Serenade, Balanchine’s first work in America (1934). With tonight’s performance of Serenade,...

(5/10) “Violette communicates the plight of this Odette through daringly held poses that impress a state of feeling upon the viewer...