“La Valse may have been the quintessential role of LeClercq, not only for its angular sophistication and doomed half-innocence, which she...

“In [the final] scene [of Firebird], the music swells to a glorious finish, but since there’s no movement, and all is still, it’s as if...

Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion. Photo by Martha Swope. New York Public Library “It was Maria Tallchief’s performance in...

“On closing night, August 19, the company had a full house despite the heat, and an enthusiastic and demonstrative audience. It was a...

The day after Balanchine’s Firebird premiered in London, 1950, The Times wrote: “Firebird, for which London has waited long, was also in...

“From the sophisticated audience of London balletomanes, accustomed to the polished perfection of the famous Sadler’s Wells troupe, the...

Speaking of Robbins' In The Night, Clive Barnes wrote, "His dancers remain people, even in the throes of arcanely acrobatic passion"...

Robbins’ "In the Night" is a collection of 3 duets and 1 ensemble movement at the end. Deborah Jowitt describes the ballet: “The first...

Jerome Robbins' "In the Night" features 3 couples in various stages of romantic relationship. Walter Terry: "The touchings, the...

Speaking of the opening night performance in 1948, Anatole Chujoy wrote, "The thrill of the evening came with Balanchine's Symphony in C....

On October 11, 1948, New York City Ballet gave its first official performance at the City Center Theater. The program was all Balanchine....

On the opening night of Orpheus in 1947: “When the slight figure of Stravinsky appeared at the conductor’s sand he was given a tumultuous...

Mimi Paul & Francisco Moncion in Emeralds. Photos by Fred Fehl, 1967. Harry Ransom Center In this video from the Foundation’s Video...

Violette Verdy's thoughts on Firebird: “What I love about Firebird is the quality of entombed independence of that bird who has a...

Balanchine on Haieff Divertimento: “The piece was composed originally for piano, which was the form in which I first heard Haieff play...

We're back! Tonight is opening night of NYCB's Winter 2023 season. In his autobiography, Jacques d'Amboise recalled being in the audience...

“Once while performing The Cage, I did not fasten my sleek black beetle like wig securely, and by mid-dance it was hanging near my ear. I...

The ballet Episodes was originally a collaboration between Balanchine and Martha Graham. She choreographed the first section and...

The New York City Ballet's debut season in the fall of 1948 (held at New York City Center) was somewhat of an experiment. The first...

"The thrill of the evening came with Balanchine's Symphony in C. With no story to restrain its kinetic form or to hinder its...