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NYCB Vol. 9 No. 20 & 21 - Nutcracker
(20/50) "In 1958, Balanchine removed the grand pas de deux, substituting for it a dance for the Sugar Plum Fairy supported not by a...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 10, 2023


NYCB Vol. 9 No. 15 - Nutcracker
(15/50) Shout-out to the Hoops in the second picture for a clean sous-sus! Deni Lamont and SAB students. Photos by Fred Fehl, 1959. Harry...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 6, 2023


NYCB Vol. 8 No. 8 - The Unanswered Question
“Out of the darkness a beautiful young girl in white appears aloft, carried by a team of four men and a shadowy fifth precedes the...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 27, 2023


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 43 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(6/12) Oberon, King of the Fairies Eddie Villella, who originated the role spoke of the experience in his autobiography: “It was simply a...

Lauryn Johnson
May 26, 2022


NYCB Vol. 2 No. 1 - Summerspace
I had so much fun diving into the Jerome Robbins Dance Division archives during Nutcracker season that I’ve decided to continue on...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 27, 2022
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