(44/50) Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride dancing the Nutcracker pas de deux as newlyweds. These photos were taken in December...

In 1962, NYCB went on tour to the Soviet Union. Allegra performed Agon with Arthur Mitchell. She wrote: “I was filling in for Diana Adams...

"Kent has always been an enigma. […] She has a mystery, an allure that is rare in American ballerinas. […] Every step she takes on stage,...

Suzy Pilarre in La Source. Photo by Martha Swope, 1973. Listen to our podcast episode where Susan Pilarre speaks about her life in...

[40/50] “I named the Dew Drop myself—there was no Dew Drop in Leningrad.” —Balanchine in Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York...

[38/50] "After one of The Nutcracker’s most recent performances, principal dancer Patricia McBride, who has danced the Sugar Plum Fairy...

[32/50] Gelsey on the role of Dewdrop: “When I returned to Balanchine’s stage [following a foot injury], I had the facility to absorb...

Tonight we'll see Stravinsky Violin Concerto on stage. One of the two principal women on whom this ballet was choreographed, Karin Von...

(7/12) "Kay Mazzo’s authoritative, moving portrayal as Titania, cannot be praised enough as an example of artistic growth. It is a fully...

Duo Concertant was choreographed by Balanchine in 1972 for the Stravinsky Festival and it contains 5 movements. “To the first movement,...

Today I’m sharing some breathtaking photos of the original cast of Stravinsky Violin Concerto and I am struck by not just the beauty and...

For Nutcracker No. 12, let’s see some Jacques d’Amboise. (left) Photo by Martha Swope, 1973. Jacques and Patricia McBride. (center) Photo...

(4/12) Allegra in Midsummer : (left) Allegra and Peter Martins in Act II Divertissement, 1973. (center) Allegra in Act II Divertissement,...