Suki Schorer. Photo by Martha Swope, 1964. Nicholas Magallanes, Suki Schorer, Gloria Govrin, Frank Ohman 1964. Photo by Erio Piccagliani...

Back in August, I discovered several photos of a very young Suzy Pilarre in the corps of Serenade: Photos by Fred Fehl, 1964 Harry Ransom...

Tonight we welcome audiences back to the New York City Ballet for the spring season! Playing in the background is “Fanfare for a New...

(48/50) Melissa Hayden. Photo by Martha Swope, 1964.

(16/50) Suzanne: "Mr. Balanchine treated all human beings with respect, including children. He never talked down to them, or for that...

'Ballet Imperial' was choreographed in 1941 for American Ballet Caravan's South American tour. It was thought that a classical ballet...

Balanchine choreographed Tarantella in 1964 for Edward Villella and Patricia McBride. “The dancers in Tarantella are also specific...

Kyra Nichols on the kiss at the end of the ballet: “You don’t really touch your face, you just reach up and feel the heat of the kiss on...

Happy 90th Birthday Chita Rivera! Here she performs “I Got Plenty O’ Nothin” on the Judy Garland Show (ep. 17 aired Jan 1964).

Mimi Paul in Symphony in C Photos by Martha Swope, 1964.

“He had me do Episodes once, the second section. It’s a pas de deux, and the ballerina’s entrance is like on a tightrope. Balanchine had...

(3/6) “Revelations didn’t reach its real popularity until it was edited” said Ailey. The circumstances that led to the ballet being cut...

(10/12) From everything I’ve read over the years, it seems clear that Balanchine never passed up an opportunity to dance. He would often...

(6/6) “I think Apollo is the best role for a male dancer that has ever been choreographed, and I think it has more in it than any dancer...

(3/6) Balanchine on the idea that his ballets are abstract: “No piece of music, no dance can in itself be abstract. You hear a physical...

Afternoon of a Faun: What’s not to love? The swooning music, the dreamy atmosphere, Robbins’ inspired choreography. Edward Villella and...

(1/4) The beauty of these photos gives me chills. Jerome Robbins working with two casts of dancers on Afternoon of a Faun in 1964. Edward...

Balanchine was known for his elaborate Easter dinners which took him days to prepare. Although he celebrated Orthodox Easter which is...

(10/10) Lincoln Kirstein told New York Times in 1986, “Our Swan Lake has never been traditional, anyway. Balanchine created it as an...

(6/10) I really love picture 4, the diagonal energy that begins in Andre’s back foot and extends all the way through Patty’s arabesque...