Stephanie Saland, Simon Schumacher, Helene Alexopolous, Jerri Kumery, Kyra Nichols, Maria Calegari, Victoria Hall, Florence Ftizgerald. Photo by Martha Swioe, 1984. Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times , 1984 “The curtain rises on eight women, standing in profile in single file to the right of the audience. The azure blue surface of a bright Aegean Sea or its dazzling southern sky  dominates the opening moment, introducing this Hellenic world of the imagination. “The all-female ca

Robert La Fosse, Magali Messac, Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones, Martine van Hamel, and Clark Tippet. Photo by Martha Swope, 1983. "Twyla Tharp's Bach Partita is a pure-dance, plotless work. Focused on formal concerns that deal with structure in music and dance, it also explores a host of movement possibilities. [...] This is the conceptual Tharp at her most sophisticated and at her most elegant. Those who climbed aboard the Tharp bandwagon when she went into an overtly po

Sextet  is a virtuosic pure-dance work for three couples. The choreography is fast, flamboyant and technically rigorous. The couples...

"George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes  was given for the first time this season, in one of its very best performances, Tuesday night by the...

Bart Cook and Maria Calegari. Photo by Martha Swope, 1983 "Bart Cook and Maria Calegari were stunning as always as he central couple,...

Patricia McBride and Sean Lavery. Photo by Steve Caras “Sean Lavery’s partnering of a buoyant Patricia McBride in the Intermezzo [of...

Balanchine’s Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée” Nancy Reynolds: “Balanchine’s gift for choreographing to the strength of his dancers...