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NYCB Vol. 11 No. 7 - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet recieved lukewarm reviews when it premiered: "Naturally enough, there are moments--and already I...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 28, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 5 & 6 - Dances at a Gathering
After being away from NYCB for a decade, working on various Broadway shows, Jerome Robbins returned home to the company after he received...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 8 - In The Night
Speaking of Robbins' In The Night, Clive Barnes wrote, "His dancers remain people, even in the throes of arcanely acrobatic passion"...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 31, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 5 - In The Night
Robbins’ "In the Night" is a collection of 3 duets and 1 ensemble movement at the end. Deborah Jowitt describes the ballet: “The first...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 2 - In the Night
Jerome Robbins' "In the Night" features 3 couples in various stages of romantic relationship. Walter Terry: "The touchings, the...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 24, 2024


NYCB Vol. 4 No. 1 - Scotch Symphony
Tonight NYCB's season opens with 3 ballets, one of which being Balanchine's Scotch Symphony. The ballet originally featured Maria...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 19, 2022


Vail Dance Festival Vol. 1 No. 5 - In the Night
A series on Robbins’ “In the Night” with all the poetic descriptions authors and critics used to describe each of the 3 couples. —————...

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 28, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 39 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(2/12) Here are additional photos from the original 1962 production. When Balanchine was a child, he was an elf in a production of...

Lauryn Johnson
May 20, 2022
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