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NYCB Vol. 15 No. 12 - Vienna Waltzes Costumes
Stephanie Saland. Photo by Paul Kolnik “In 1977, at the age of ninety, Karinska gave a magnificent farewell performance with her...

Lauryn Johnson
May 12


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 10 - Vienna Waltzes
"George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes was given for the first time this season, in one of its very best performances, Tuesday night by the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 10


NYCB & SPAC - Swan Lake
NYCB closes their Saratoga season with Stars and Stripes and Swan Lake tonight. Here are some Saratoga memories from each of these...

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 12, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 3 - Barber Violin Concerto
Peter Martins’ “Barber Violin Concerto” features 2 couples, one dancing a neoclassical duet (originally Merrill Ashley and Adam Luders)...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 25, 2024


NYCB Vol. 7 No. 31 - Swan Lake
Did you know ... Merrill Ashley debuted in Swan Lake with only 3 days of rehearsal over the course of one week. She talks about the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 26, 2023


NYCB Vol. 7 No. 2 - Kammermusik No. 2
“Here they are, outstanding simply because they have been malleable to genius.” This is how Anna Kisselgoff, described Colleen Neary,...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 18, 2023


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 48 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(11/12) Here are a few miscellaneous photos that didn’t fit a specific topic, but were too beautiful not to share. (top left) Kyra...

Lauryn Johnson
May 28, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 13 - Allegro Brillante
“Allegro Brillante, which began as a last-minute replacement for a canceled work, remains in the repertory after 20 [now 66] years. […]...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 29, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 9 - Divertimento No. 15
In 1961, after Divertimento had not been performed in 2 years, New York Times dance critic John Martin said: “Indeed, this is a ballet...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 26, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 4 - Goldberg Variations
Yesterday I featured many Serenade women… Today is for the men of Goldberg Variations. In 1974, Robbins wrote: “Last Friday I saw...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 21, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 3 - Serenade
Here are 5 of Balanchine’s Waltz Girls in the same arabesque. So interesting to see how the same choreography can still be so different....

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 20, 2022


NYCB Vol. 2 No. 8 - Walpurgisnacht Ballet
This afternoon, Walpurgisnacht is on. Walpurgisnacht is a ballet set to music from the opera “Faust”. The Balanchine Trust’s website says...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 5, 2022
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