Below is the program note that accompanied Serenade at its second performance in December, 1934 performance in Hartford, CT: “Without an...

(33/50) A little something different…an excerpt of Jacques d’Amboise and Melissa Hayden dancing to the Snow Pas de Deux on the Bell...

(27/50) Patricia McBride and Edward Villella in the Nutcracker Pas de Deux. This was filmed in the August of 1969 at Jacob's Pillow. Stay...

(9/50) The skirt of the tutu [for Dewdrop] has taken on various lengths over the years, depending on the individual ballerina's physique....

[50/50] One last bow for 2022! Allegra Kent on dancing Sugar Plum in 1964 for the first time on the larger New York State Theater stage,...

[19/50] "Balanchine’s pas de deux is one of the greatest of all time, so elegant, so fluid. Dance on this level is intellect without...

Suki in Symphony in C : (left) Suki Schorer. Martha Swope, 1965. (center) Paul Mejia and Suki Schorer. (Merrill Ashley in the corps) Fred...

The ballet Episodes was originally a collaboration between Balanchine and Martha Graham. She choreographed the first section and...

On Scotch Symphony Allegra Kent said, "There were theories—I was too sylphlike, not sylphlike enough; I was really a sylph, I was a girl...

Raymonda Variations has been described as, “an adorable confection, concocted of marzipan, diamond, youth, and nostalgia” in “candy floss...

(3/4) Another moment in the genesis of the ballet came one day when Robbins watched dancers rehearsing the Swan Lake adagio and was...

The ballet Prodigal Son was originally choreographed by Balanchine in 1929 for the Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. The composer, Prokofiev,...

Originally set on his company in 1958, Merce Cunningham staged Summerspace for NYCB in 1966. (left) Carolyn Brown and Viola Farber in...

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...

Show #26: The Jacqueline Kennedy and children Caroline and John visit the Nutcracker. Allegra is Sugar Plum and Jacques is Cavalier....

Today’s matinee marks Nutcracker number 23. Patricia Neary as Dewdrop at 23/24 years old. (left) Martha Swope, 1964 (right) Martha Swope,...

In 1964, when NYCB moved to the New York State Theater, Balanchine re-choreographed the Arabian/Coffee Divertissement for Gloria Govrin...